Filipstad Municipality
Filipstads kommun | |
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| Coordinates: 59°43′N 14°10′E / 59.717°N 14.167°E | |
| 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 (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,034 |
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15/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 (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
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
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
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Valresultat 2022 för Filipstad i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
External links
Media related to Filipstad Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Filipstad Municipality - Official site
- filipstad.ifolkmun.se - Local news site
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This page was last edited on 20 January 2024, at 19:13