Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E / 60.600°N 15.633°E / 60.600; 15.633

Falun Municipality

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Falun Municipality
Falu kommun
Falun City Hall
Falun City Hall
File:Falun Municipality in Dalarna County.png
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CountrySweden
CountyDalarna County
SeatFalun
Area
 • Total
2,275.17 km2 (878.45 sq mi)
 • Land2,040.13 km2 (787.70 sq mi)
 • Water235.04 km2 (90.75 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (30 June 2025)[2]
 • Total
59,914
 • Density29.368/km2 (76.062/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceDalarna
Municipal code2080
Websitewww.falun.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Falun Municipality (Swedish: 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

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Demographics

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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.

Riksdag elections

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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

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The Falu Party is a party with local interests.

Sister cities

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The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:

Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:

References

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