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Enköping Municipality

Coordinates: 59°38′N 17°05′E / 59.633°N 17.083°E / 59.633; 17.083
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Enköping Municipality
Enköpings kommun
Enköping Town Hall
Enköping Town Hall
Coat of arms of Enköping Municipality
Coordinates: 59°38′N 17°05′E / 59.633°N 17.083°E / 59.633; 17.083
CountrySweden
CountyUppsala County
SeatEnköping
Area
 • Total1,323.82 km2 (511.13 sq mi)
 • Land1,178.5 km2 (455.0 sq mi)
 • Water145.32 km2 (56.11 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total48,292
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceUppland
Municipal code0381
Websitewww.enkoping.se

Enköping Municipality (Enköpings kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Enköping.

The present municipality consists of nearly forty original local government units. They were grouped into greater municipalities in 1952 and Enköping Municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Enköping was amalgamated with five surrounding units.

Localities

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Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Enköping 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 34,998 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 42.2% voted for the left coalition and 56.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

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Sports

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The most successful sports team of the city has for several years been the football team Enköpings SK, with one peak season in the Swedish Premier Division (Allsvenskan) in 2003. Unfortunately, the team has now faced the harsh reality of sports and economics and will be playing in Division 2 in 2008. Their home arena is called Enavallen and is situated in downtown Enköping.

References

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  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. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Enköping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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