Falköping (Municipality)

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Falköping municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Falköping Location of the municipality of Falköping
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Main place: Falkoping
SCB code: 1499
Residents : 33,246 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1,065.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 31.2 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.falkoping.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 58 ° 10 '  N , 13 ° 33'  E

Stenstorp: Dalén Museum
Åsle Tå open-air museum
Ekehagens forntidsby

Falköping is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . The main town of the municipality is Falköping .

geography

In the northern part of the community lies the southern foothills of the Billingen mountain . On its east side are the towns of Borgunda (about 25 km northeast of Falköping) and Stenstorp, the birthplace of the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Gustaf Dalén , whose life and work are described in a museum (Dalén Museum). West of Billingen lies Hornborgasjön , one of the most famous bird lakes in Sweden. The Trandansen bird station is near Bjurum . Right next to it there are also two manors, Stora Bjurum and Dagsnäs Castle .

The area around the city of Falköping is shaped by the Ice Age. Table mountains (Mßeberg, Ålleberg, Gerumsberg, etc.), moraines and meltwater delta have formed a hilly landscape. The area was also settled early, as indicated by numerous graves from the Stone and Bronze Ages. This area forms the core of Falbygden , which is one of the most distinctive Neolithic cultural areas in Europe. In Ekehagens Forntidsby (Ekehagens Stone Age Village ) in Åsarp about 20 km south of Falköping, attempts have been made to reconstruct settlement forms from the Stone Age.

At Åsle, 15 km east of Falköping, a battle took place on February 24, 1389 between Albrecht von Mecklenburg and his army recruited in Germany and the later Queen Margaret . Margareta's victory led to the formation of the Kalmar Union . In Åsle there is also a poor village from the 18th and 19th centuries. Century, which was inhabited until the 1930s and is now an open-air museum.

Attractions

economy

The municipality of Falköping is located in an intensively used agricultural area. Agriculture and the food industry are important industries. Larger industrial companies are located in the town of Falköping, in Floby about 30 km east of Falköping ( Volvo ) and in Kinnarp about 12 km south of Falköping ( Kinnarps ).

places

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)

Web links

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