Lidköping Municipality
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| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Seat | Lidköping |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
79th of 290 1,378.43 km² 703.19 km² |
| Population • Total |
60th of 290 37,526 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
88th of 290 53.4 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.lidkoping.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Population centres
Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Lidköping | 24,679 | 24,885 | 24,960 |
| Vinninga | 1,079 | 1,060 | 1,054 |
| Järpås | 865 | 868 | 876 |
| Filsbäck | 656 | 656 | 652 |
| Örslösa | 308 | 305 | 310 |
| Saleby | 219 | 218 | 217 |
| Tun | 219 | 210 | 208 |
[edit] See also
- Köping (concept)
[edit] External links
- Lidköping Municipality - Official site
- Läckö Kinnekulle - The "Götene-Lidköping Vänern" tourism company
- (Swedish) Article Lidköping - From Nordisk Familjebok (vol. 16, 1912)
- (Swedish) Lidköpings kommun profilprogram.pdf Lidköping describes its symbol and its uses. In Swedish only.
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