Lidköping Municipality
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Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
in Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County
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in western Sweden
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping
Lidköping
Lidköping is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 27,941 inhabitants in 2005.It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from Linköping near...
.
Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise (and historically) similar city of Linköping
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
in eastern Sweden.
Geography
Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor GöteneGötene Municipality
Götene Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Götene....
, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
. In association with several large local companies, they have a colloquial tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
company known as "Götene-Lidköping Vänern Turist AB".
There are several Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
island
Island
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s that belong to the municipality. One of them is Läckö
Lacko
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, where the Läckö Castle
Läckö Castle
Läckö Castle is a medieval castle in Sweden. Läckö Castle is best known as Magnus de la Gardie's magnificent castle on the shores of Lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden....
is a notable sight.
Symbol
LidköpingLidköping
Lidköping is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 27,941 inhabitants in 2005.It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from Linköping near...
is working hard to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
". 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.
Population centres
Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCBSCB
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, December 31 of noted year.
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2010 |
| Lidköping Lidköping Lidköping is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 27,941 inhabitants in 2005.It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from Linköping near... |
24,679 | 24,885 | 24,960 | 24,941 | 25,644 |
| Vinninga Vinninga Vinninga is a locality situated in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,064 inhabitants in 2005.... |
1,079 | 1,060 | 1,054 | 1,064 | 1,078 |
| Järpås Järpås Järpås is a locality situated in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 808 inhabitants in 2005.... |
865 | 868 | 876 | 808 | 795 |
| Filsbäck Filsbäck Filsbäck is a locality situated in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 647 inhabitants in 2005.... |
656 | 656 | 652 | 647 | 615 |
| Örslösa Örslösa Örslösa is a locality situated in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 298 inhabitants in 2005.- References :... |
308 | 305 | 310 | 298 | 307 |
| Saleby Saleby, Sweden Saleby is a locality situated in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 213 inhabitants in 2005.... |
219 | 218 | 217 | 213 | 232 |
| Tun | 219 | 210 | 208 | 207 | 206 |
External links
- Lidköping Municipality - Official site
- Läckö Kinnekulle - The "Götene-Lidköping Vänern" tourism company Article Lidköping - From Nordisk FamiljebokNordisk familjebokNordisk familjebok is a Swedish encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957.- History :The first edition was published in 20 volumes between 1876 and 1899. The first edition is known as the "Iðunn edition" because of the picture of Iðunn on the cover...
(vol. 16, 1912) Lidköpings kommun profilprogram.pdf Lidköping describes its symbol and its uses. In SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
only.