Filipstad Municipality
Filipstad Municipality
Filipstads kommun | |
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Coat of arms of Filipstad Municipality Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| County | Värmland County |
| Seat | Filipstad |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,711.71 km2 (660.89 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,534.03 km2 (592.29 sq mi) |
| • Water | 177.68 km2 (68.60 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 9,727 |
| • Density | 6.341/km2 (16.42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland and Dalarna |
| Municipal code | 1782 |
| Website | www.filipstad.se |
Filipstad Municipality (Swedish: Filipstads kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the rural municipalities of Kroppa, Rämmen and Värmlandsberg.
Localities
[edit | edit source]With at least 200 inhabitants:
- Filipstad, 6,300 inhabitants (seat)
- Lesjöfors, 1,247 inhabitants
- Nykroppa, 1,020 inhabitants
- Persberg, 350 inhabitants
- Nordmark, 250 inhabitants
Demographics
[edit | edit source]This is a demographic table based on Filipstad 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 10,387 residents with 7,763 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.[3] The political demographics were 46.5% for the left bloc and 52.3% for the right bloc.[3] Filipstad is generally a low-income municipality, with low attainment of university degrees and about 22% were of foreign background.[3] Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
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| Brattfors | 464 | 367 | 39.6 | 57.8 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 23,622 | 20 |
| Filipstads N | 1,734 | 1,341 | 49.1 | 49.8 | 71 | 84 | 16 | 21,432 | 21 |
| Filipstads S | 1,751 | 1,250 | 44.8 | 54.4 | 72 | 74 | 26 | 22,890 | 20 |
| Filipstads V-C | 1,680 | 1,220 | 51.7 | 47.3 | 61 | 62 | 38 | 17,035 | 16 |
| Filipstads Ö | 1,638 | 1,221 | 41.5 | 57.8 | 77 | 81 | 19 | 23,520 | 22 |
| Kroppa | 887 | 688 | 45.0 | 53.1 | 68 | 78 | 22 | 19,462 | 17 |
| Långban-Gåsborn | 385 | 298 | 44.8 | 53.6 | 78 | 89 | 11 | 22,088 | 23 |
| Nordmark | 423 | 296 | 44.6 | 54.1 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 23,862 | 32 |
| Persberg | 436 | 332 | 39.6 | 58.5 | 75 | 84 | 16 | 23,129 | 24 |
| Rämmen | 988 | 750 | 54.3 | 44.4 | 76 | 80 | 20 | 20,115 | 17 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
References
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External links
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- Filipstad Municipality - Official site
- filipstad.ifolkmun.se - Local news site
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