Falun Municipality Explained

Falun Municipality
Native Name:	Falu kommun
Native Name Lang:	sv
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Coordinates:	60.6°N 53°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sweden
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Dalarna County
Seat Type:	Seat
Seat:	Falun
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Note:	Area as of .
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	CET
Utc Offset1:	+1
Timezone1 Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:	+2
Blank Name Sec1:	Province
Blank Info Sec1:	Dalarna
Blank1 Name Sec1:	Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:	2080
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Iso Code:	SE
Website:	www.falun.se
Footnotes:	Density is calculated using land area only.

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.

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

• Aspeboda
• Bengtsheden
• Bjursås
• Danholn
• Grycksbo
• Falun (seat)
• Linghed
• Sundborn
• Svärdsjö
• Sågmyra
• Toftbyn
• Vika

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.^[1]

In total there were 59,762 residents, including 46,002 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[1] 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 46.7% for the right coalition.

Location
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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

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[2]	89.2	30,135	3.8	40.1		32.1	9.3	1.6	12.7			43.9	54.1
1976^[3]	90.8	32,507	3.8	38.0		30.8	11.7	1.1	14.2			41.8	56.7
1979^[4]	89.1	33,105	4.9	38.7		24.4	10.3	1.2	20.0			43.6	54.7
1982^[5]	90.2	34,386	4.5	41.9	2.3	19.3	6.1	1.7	24.1			46.4	49.5
1985^[6]	88.4	34,444	4.4	40.8	1.7	14.9	15.9		22.1			45.2	52.8
1988^[7]	83.7	32,920	5.2	39.4	6.1	13.3	14.3	3.3	18.1			50.8	45.7
1991^[8]	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^[9]	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^[10]	81.1	32,490	12.4	33.2	5.8	5.3	4.6	12.6	22.2			51.4	44.8
2002^[11]	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^[12]	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^[13]	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^[14]	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^[15]	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:

• • Hamina, Finland Grudziądz, Poland
• Gütersloh, Germany
• Vordingborg, Denmark

Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:

• Kimberley, South Africa
• Pskov, Russia

External links

• • Dalarna College - Situated in Falun

Notes and References

1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Falun i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 2 February 2024.
2. Web site: Allmänna valen 1973. sv. SCB.
3. Web site: Allmänna valen 1976. sv. SCB.
4. Web site: Allmänna valen 1979. sv. SCB.
5. Web site: Allmänna valen 1982. sv. SCB.
6. Web site: Allmänna valen 1985. sv. SCB.
7. Web site: Allmänna valen 1988. sv. SCB.
8. Web site: Allmänna valen 1991. sv. SCB.
9. Web site: Allmänna valen 1994. sv. SCB.
10. Web site: Allmänna valen 1998. sv. SCB.
11. Web site: Falun - summering. sv. Valmyndigheten.
12. Web site: Falun - Allmänna val 17 september 2006. sv. Valmyndigheten.
13. Web site: Falun - Röster Val 2010. sv. Valmyndigheten.
14. Web site: Falun - Röster Val 2014. sv. Valmyndigheten.
15. Web site: Falun - Röster Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten.