Falkoping

	Falkoping
	Falkoping
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap):	Västergötland
Municipality :	Falkoping
Coordinates :	58 ° 10 ' N , 13 ° 33' E Coordinates: 58 ° 10 ' N , 13 ° 33' E
SCB code :	5236
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	17,170 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	8.9 km²
Population density :	1929 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County

Falköping is a city in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län . It is located on the Västra stambana Stockholm - Gothenburg about 150 km northeast of Gothenburg. Falköping is the main town in the municipality of the same name .

history

Falköping is located in an area steeped in history, Falbygden with the greatest density of megalithic systems in Scandinavia. There is evidence of a settlement in the 12th century; Falköping received city rights at the end of the 14th century at the earliest. The city was almost abandoned in the 16th century and the city was burned down in the Three Crowns War (1563-1570). It recovered only slowly and in 1800 had no more than 450 inhabitants.

traffic

The construction of the railway in the middle of the 19th century promoted the development of the city, as Falköping was the connection between the Västra stambana Stockholm – Gothenburg and the main line Stockholm – Helsingborg . The Nässjö – Falköping railway is in operation, while the Landeryd – Falköping railway has been closed.

sons and daughters of the town

Stora Torget

Bosse Ringholm (* 1942), politician
Mikael Nilsson (* 1968), football player
Frans Helmerson (* 1945), musician
Jan Karlsson (* 1966), racing cyclist

swell

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

Web links

Commons : Falköping - collection of images, videos and audio files

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)