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Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden
Kungsör Municipality Kungsörs kommun
Municipality
Kungsörs town hallKungsörs town hall
Coat of arms of Kungsör MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 59°25′N 16°05′E / 59.417°N 16.083°E / 59.417; 16.083
CountrySweden
CountyVästmanland County
SeatKungsör
Area
 • Total227.13 km (87.70 sq mi)
 • Land202.65 km (78.24 sq mi)
 • Water24.48 km (9.45 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total8,643
 • Density38/km (99/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSödermanland and Västmanland
Municipal code1960
Websitewww.kungsor.se

Kungsör Municipality (Kungsörs kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsör.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when Kungsör and Kung Karl (from which Kungsör had been detached as a market town (köping) in 1907) were amalgamated

Kungsör is located at the western end of lake Mälaren. The landscape is open, dominated by fields and meadows.

Localities

Historically, the town grew around the Royal Mansion that King Gustav Vasa had built in the 16th century. Parts of the mansion are still preserved and open for visits. It is located on a cape into the Mälaren.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kungsör Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 8,777 residents, including 6,521 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% for the right coalition. 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
% %
Centrum 2,047 1,409 48.7 49.9 66 62 38 18,443 28
Haga-Skillinge 1,697 1,332 43.4 56.1 85 80 20 27,088 37
Runna-Granhammar 2,325 1,673 49.3 49.4 73 70 30 21,637 28
Torpa-Malmberga 1,248 989 40.7 59.0 86 89 11 27,919 29
Valskog-Kungs 1,460 1,118 37.6 61.6 84 85 15 26,944 31
Source: SVT

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973 92.6 4,931 5.6 49.7 24.9 10.5 1.1 7.9 55.2 43.3
1976 93.2 5,325 4.4 47.1 25.9 12.2 1.0 9.1 51.5 47.2
1979 92.9 5,441 4.7 49.0 19.5 10.9 1.2 14.4 53.7 44.8
1982 93.7 5,555 5.3 50.1 1.8 17.0 6.9 1.3 17.5 55.4 41.4
1985 91.0 5,474 5.0 49.5 2.2 13.3 13.2 16.4 54.5 42.9
1988 87.5 5,247 5.7 48.5 5.9 13.0 12.1 1.9 12.3 60.1 37.3
1991 87.2 5,370 4.3 43.2 3.7 9.5 9.9 5.5 16.8 7.0 47.5 41.6
1994 87.3 5,377 7.2 49.0 5.4 8.9 6.0 2.8 18.2 0.9 61.6 35.9
1998 81.9 4,892 13.6 39.7 4.4 7.2 3.9 10.7 19.0 57.8 40.7
2002 80.2 4,820 8.3 45.3 3.6 8.9 11.7 8.5 12.2 0.5 57.2 41.2
2006 81.1 4,963 5.8 38.8 3.7 10.9 5.6 5.0 23.4 3.2 48.2 46.0
2010 84.8 5,206 5.7 35.3 5.0 6.9 7.0 4.8 27.3 7.1 46.0 45.9
2014 86.2 5,332 5.0 36.3 3.6 7.2 4.9 4.4 18.7 17.5 45.0 35.2
2018 88.3 5,370 5.9 31.4 2.1 8.6 4.4 5.6 16.7 23.9 47.9 50.6

Sister city

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 Kungsör i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  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. "Kungsör - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. "Kungsör - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. "Kungsör - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. "Kungsör - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. "Kungsör - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.

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Places adjacent to Kungsör Municipality
Köping Hallstahammar
Mälaren
Arboga Kungsör Eskilstuna (Södermanland)
Eskilstuna (Södermanland)
Municipalities and seats of Västmanland County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Västmanland County
Municipal seats
Localities in Kungsör Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden
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