- Lidköping Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Lidköpings kommun
county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Lidköping
arearank=79th
area=1,378.43
arealand=703.19
populationrank=60th
population=37,526
densityrank=88th
populationdensity=53.4
website=http://www.lidkoping.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Lidköping Municipality ("Lidköpings kommun") is a municipality in
Västra Götaland County in westernSweden . Its seat is located in the city ofLidköping .Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by
Vänern ", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise (and historically) similar city ofLinköping in eastern Sweden.Geography
Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor Götene, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla
peninsula . In association with several large local companies, they have a colloquialtourism company known as "Götene-Lidköping Vänern Turist AB".There are several
Vänern island s that belong to the municipality. One of them isLäckö , where theLäckö Castle is a notable sight.ymbol
Lidköping is working hard to market itself as "Lidköping byVänern ". In line with this quest, they are developing a profile plan, wherein they have established the use of a symbol depicting its location by Vänern. The symbol 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.ee also
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Köping (concept)External links
* [http://www.lidkoping.se Lidköping Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.lackokinnekulle.se/ Läckö Kinnekulle] - The "Götene-Lidköping Vänern" tourism company
*sv icon [http://runeberg.org/nfbp/0214.html Article "Lidköping"] - FromNordisk Familjebok (vol. 16, 1912)
*sv icon Lidköping describes its symbol and its uses. In Swedish only.
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