Lidköping
Sign in to saveLidköping () is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 40,000 inhabitants in 2021.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Lidköping
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- Gamla Rådhuset på Nya stadens torg i Lidköping, den 9 maj 2006, bild 1.JPG
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- Lidköping Town Hall
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- Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lidköping Municipality
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västra Götaland County
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Västergötland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.95
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1 september 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 43,000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1653
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Lidköping () is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had about 40,000 inhabitants in 2021.
It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping vid Vänern", to distinguish itself from Linköping near Sweden's east coast. Attempts have been made to change the official name to "Lidköping vid Vänern" but these attempts have not been successful.