Lidköping Municipality


Lidköping Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.
Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise similar city of Linköping in eastern Sweden.

Geography

Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor Götene, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla peninsula. There are several Vänern islands that belong to the municipality. One of them is Läckö, where the Läckö Castle is a notable sight.

Symbol

is developing a profile plan to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern" and to this end have established the use of a logo depicting its location by Vänern. This logo is used in all official contexts, and also on the road signs when entering Lidköping.

Population centres

Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.
Year20022003200420052010
Lidköping24,67924,88524,96024,94125,644
Vinninga1,0791,0601,0541,0641,078
Järpås865868876808795
Filsbäck656656652647615
Örslösa308305310298307
Saleby219218217213232
Tun219210208207206