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Falun Municipality
Falu kommun | |
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| Falun City Hall Falun City Hall | |
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Coat of arms of Falun Municipality Coat of arms | |
| File:Falun Municipality in Dalarna County.png | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Seat | Falun |
| Area | |
• 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 (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 59,914 |
| • Density | 29.368/km2 (76.062/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 (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
[edit | edit source]- Aspeboda
- Bengtsheden
- Bjursås
- Danholn
- Grycksbo
- Falun (seat)
- Linghed
- Sundborn
- Svärdsjö
- Sågmyra
- Toftbyn
- Vika
Demographics
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]The Falu Party is a party with local interests.
Sister cities
[edit | edit source]The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:
- Finland Hamina, Finland
- Poland Grudziądz, Poland
- Germany Gütersloh, Germany
- Denmark Vordingborg, Denmark
Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Falun Municipality.
- Official website
- Dalarna College - Situated in Falun
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