Lidköping Municipality

Lidköping Municipality
Lidköpings kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Lidköping
Area[1]
  Total 1,372.605625 km2 (529.965995 sq mi)
  Land 695.605625 km2 (268.574833 sq mi)
  Water 677 km2 (261 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
  Total 38,792
  Density 28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västergötland
Municipal code 1494
Website www.lidkoping.se

Lidköping Municipality (Lidköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.

Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise (and historically) similar city of Linköping in eastern Sweden.

Geography

Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor Götene, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla peninsula. In association with several large local companies, they have a colloquial tourism company known as "Götene-Lidköping Vänern Turist AB".

There are several Vänern islands that belong to the municipality. One of them is Läckö, where the Läckö Castle is a notable sight.

Symbol

Lidköping is working hard to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern". In line with this quest, they are developing a profile plan, wherein they have established the use of a symbol depicting its location by Vänern. The symbol is used in all official contexts, and also on the road signs when entering Lidköping.

Population centres

Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.

Year20022003200420052010
Lidköping24,67924,88524,96024,94125,644
Vinninga1,0791,0601,0541,0641,078
Järpås865868876808795
Filsbäck656656652647615
Örslösa308305310298307
Saleby219218217213232
Tun219210208207206

See also

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Coordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E / 58.500°N 13.183°E / 58.500; 13.183

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