Falun Municipality
Falun Municipality Falu kommun | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Falun Town Hall | |
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Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E / 60.600°N 15.633°E / 60.600; 15.633 | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Dalarna County |
Seat | Falun |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 2,275.17 km2 (878.45 sq mi) |
• Land | 2,040.13 km2 (787.70 sq mi) |
• Water | 235.04 km2 (90.75 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 59,986 |
• Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Dalarna |
Municipal code | 2080 |
Website | www.falun.se |
Density is calculated using land area only. |
Falun Municipality (Falu kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun. Falun is the second biggest city and provincial capital of Dalarna County. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine.
The present municipality was formed at the time of the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Falun and six surrounding rural municipalities were amalgamated.
Localities
- Aspeboda
- Bengtsheden
- Bjursås
- Danholn
- Grycksbo
- Falun (seat)
- Linghed
- Sundborn
- Svärdsjö
- Sågmyra
- Toftbyn
- Vika
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Falun Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 59,762 residents, including 46,002 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 46.7% for the right coalition.
Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||||
Aspeboda | 1,504 | 1,138 | 45.4 | 53.3 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 29,773 | 45 |
Bjursås V | 1,639 | 1,251 | 41.6 | 56.8 | 87 | 94 | 6 | 25,712 | 25 |
Bjursås Ö | 2,032 | 1,604 | 47.8 | 51.0 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 24,691 | 35 |
Boda-Toftbyn | 1,453 | 1,144 | 41.4 | 57.4 | 86 | 96 | 4 | 26,905 | 32 |
Bojsenburg | 2,071 | 1,354 | 58.6 | 37.5 | 62 | 65 | 35 | 18,041 | 31 |
Borgärdet-Lumsheden | 1,949 | 1,528 | 43.6 | 55.6 | 81 | 91 | 9 | 23,031 | 31 |
Britsarvet | 1,270 | 1,104 | 60.4 | 38.5 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 25,453 | 68 |
Danholn-Karlsbyheden | 1,400 | 1,079 | 50.1 | 49.3 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 25,936 | 38 |
Elsborg | 1,654 | 1,172 | 62.6 | 35.8 | 78 | 68 | 32 | 22,560 | 44 |
Enviken | 1,634 | 1,312 | 38.9 | 60.0 | 88 | 93 | 7 | 25,108 | 26 |
Gruvan | 2,129 | 1,661 | 54.9 | 44.1 | 89 | 92 | 8 | 30,067 | 58 |
Gruvriset | 2,232 | 1,468 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 29,376 | 56 |
Grycksbo | 1,922 | 1,488 | 53.0 | 45.8 | 84 | 88 | 12 | 25,077 | 32 |
Haraldsbo | 1,178 | 879 | 52.5 | 44.3 | 81 | 81 | 19 | 26,236 | 43 |
Herrhagen | 1,738 | 1,329 | 57.1 | 38.8 | 67 | 66 | 34 | 19,082 | 29 |
Hosjö Näs | 1,829 | 1,377 | 51.1 | 47.9 | 85 | 88 | 12 | 28,084 | 50 |
Hosjö Sandviken | 1,415 | 1,114 | 47.2 | 51.3 | 86 | 87 | 13 | 27,558 | 44 |
Hyttgården | 1,615 | 1,394 | 49.7 | 48.7 | 87 | 89 | 11 | 27,108 | 49 |
Hälsingberg | 1,948 | 1,372 | 56.4 | 42.0 | 78 | 79 | 21 | 25,418 | 49 |
Hälsinggården | 1,215 | 949 | 53.9 | 45.1 | 89 | 86 | 14 | 28,730 | 55 |
Karlberg | 1,416 | 1,043 | 57.6 | 40.3 | 68 | 85 | 15 | 22,444 | 57 |
Kristine | 1,076 | 1,063 | 51.6 | 46.8 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 27,776 | 52 |
Kvarnberget-Ö Främby | 2,065 | 1,585 | 58.1 | 40.5 | 79 | 80 | 20 | 24,833 | 44 |
Kyrkbacken | 1,450 | 1,172 | 58.1 | 40.1 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 30,861 | 73 |
Källviken-V Främby | 1,608 | 1,189 | 49.3 | 49.9 | 84 | 88 | 12 | 29,334 | 49 |
Kämparvet | 1,399 | 1,242 | 55.0 | 43.0 | 72 | 83 | 17 | 23,106 | 52 |
Linghed | 906 | 681 | 33.4 | 64.8 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,906 | 30 |
Lugnet | 1,444 | 1,136 | 57.1 | 41.6 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 31,068 | 73 |
Nedre Norslund | 1,597 | 1,120 | 58.6 | 38.3 | 71 | 61 | 39 | 19,807 | 34 |
Pilbo-Samuelsdal | 1,525 | 1,114 | 51.7 | 47.1 | 89 | 92 | 8 | 31,448 | 53 |
Slätta | 1,194 | 827 | 61.9 | 37.5 | 89 | 88 | 12 | 30,111 | 57 |
Stenslund | 1,632 | 1,182 | 56.3 | 42.9 | 93 | 91 | 9 | 33,764 | 70 |
Sundbornsbyn | 1,481 | 1,146 | 47.1 | 52.1 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 27,608 | 47 |
Varpan | 1,468 | 1,165 | 48.6 | 50.2 | 88 | 94 | 6 | 31,972 | 55 |
Vika | 1,821 | 1,413 | 42.8 | 56.3 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 28,185 | 42 |
Ångbryggeriet | 1,179 | 1,013 | 52.2 | 46.5 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 26,453 | 49 |
Östanfors | 1,142 | 946 | 58.2 | 40.8 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 29,254 | 60 |
Övre Norslund | 1,532 | 1,248 | 60.5 | 38.0 | 84 | 85 | 15 | 26,319 | 56 |
Source: SVT[3] |
Riksdag elections
Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973[4] | 89.2 | 30,135 | 3.8 | 40.1 | 32.1 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 12.7 | 43.9 | 54.1 | |||
1976[5] | 90.8 | 32,507 | 3.8 | 38.0 | 30.8 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 14.2 | 41.8 | 56.7 | |||
1979[6] | 89.1 | 33,105 | 4.9 | 38.7 | 24.4 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 20.0 | 43.6 | 54.7 | |||
1982[7] | 90.2 | 34,386 | 4.5 | 41.9 | 2.3 | 19.3 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 24.1 | 46.4 | 49.5 | ||
1985[8] | 88.4 | 34,444 | 4.4 | 40.8 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 22.1 | 45.2 | 52.8 | |||
1988[9] | 83.7 | 32,920 | 5.2 | 39.4 | 6.1 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 18.1 | 50.8 | 45.7 | ||
1991[10] | 84.6 | 33,704 | 3.8 | 34.2 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 21.9 | 6.7 | 37.9 | 49.6 | |
1994[11] | 85.5 | 34,446 | 6.0 | 41.5 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 21.5 | 0.9 | 54.4 | 43.8 | |
1998[12] | 81.1 | 32,490 | 12.4 | 33.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 12.6 | 22.2 | 51.4 | 44.8 | ||
2002[13] | 79.2 | 32,593 | 8.6 | 38.4 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 15.3 | 1.1 | 52.6 | 43.7 | |
2006[14] | 82.2 | 34,442 | 5.9 | 33.8 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 25.5 | 2.5 | 45.8 | 48.2 | |
2010[15] | 85.4 | 36,559 | 5.5 | 31.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 28.9 | 5.5 | 45.1 | 47.6 | |
2014[16] | 87.4 | 38,251 | 5.9 | 30.2 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 23.2 | 12.8 | 43.3 | 39.5 | |
2018[17] | 88.8 | 39,461 | 8.2 | 28.0 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 19.7 | 15.3 | 52.9 | 45.6 |
Local politics
The Falu Party is a party with local interests.
Sister cities
The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:
Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:
References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Falun i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
- ^ "Falun - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- ^ "Falun - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- ^ "Falun - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- ^ "Falun - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
- ^ "Falun - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website
- Dalarna College - Situated in Falun