Falköping
Sign in to saveFalköping () is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Falköping
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Trätorget i Falköping, den 17 juni 2006.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Trätorget (17 June 2006)
- Settlement.image_shield
- Falköping vapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Falköping Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västra Götaland County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Västergötland
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1200
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.46
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 17 939
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- History
- Local industry
- Geography
- Notable people
- Sports and leisure
- The folk tale of The Riders of Ålleberg
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Falköping () is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010.
== History == thumb|200 px|left|Sankt Olofs kyrka, Falköping The town of Falköping was first spoken of in the Icelandic Rimbegla (around 1100 A.D.), and is mentioned in the Westrogothic law. It was also an important site of pilgrimage due to its 12th-century church dedicated to Saint Olaf (Sankt Olofs kyrka). The town was heading for a shut-down during the 16th century and was even burnt to the ground by the Danish during the Northern Seven Years' War. However the town survived and was rebuilt.