Falun Municipality (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.
Falun Municipality Falu kommun | |
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 Falun Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E / 60.600°N 15.633°E | |
| 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 (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 59,986 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/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. | |
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
Demographics
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
| 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
The Falu Party is a party with local interests.
Sister cities
The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:
Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:
References
External links
- Official website
- Dalarna College - Situated in Falun