Falun Municipality

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
Municipality
Falun Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Falun
Area [1]
• 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

• 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.^[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.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
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[3]

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:

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

Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:

• Kimberley, South Africa
• Pskov, Russia

References

1. "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.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Falun i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
4. "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
5. "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
6. "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
7. "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
8. "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
9. "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
10. "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
11. "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
12. "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
13. "Falun - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
14. "Falun - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
15. "Falun - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
16. "Falun - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
17. "Falun - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.

External links

• Official website
• Dalarna College - Situated in Falun