Enköping Municipality

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

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Municipality
Enköping Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°38′N 17°05′E
Country	Sweden
County	Uppsala County
Seat	Enköping
Area
• Total	1,323.82 km2 (511.13 sq mi)
• Land	1,178.5 km2 (455.0 sq mi)
• Water	145.32 km2 (56.11 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	48,292
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0381
Website	www.enkoping.se

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

• Enköping (seat)
• Örsundsbro
• Fjärdhundra
• Grillby
• Hjälstaby
• Hummelsta
• Lillkyrka
• Bredsand

Demographics

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.

In total there were 34,998 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 42.2% voted for the left coalition and 56.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Bergvreten 2,214 1,594 45.3 53.7 86 83 17 27,738 42 Bredsand 1,879 1,341 33.9 65.4 90 85 15 33,585 49 Enögla 2,101 1,441 50.1 48.1 69 57 43 19,652 28 Fanna 1,887 1,523 43.4 55.7 87 84 16 28,953 43 Fjärdhundra 1,977 1,482 37.9 60.8 83 85 15 24,640 27 Grillby 2,115 1,579 36.4 62.2 86 85 15 28,387 33 Gånsta 1,869 1,343 41.8 57.4 87 87 13 31,116 47 Hummelsta 1,930 1,447 38.2 61.1 85 85 15 27,179 31 Korsängen 2,207 1,344 52.6 45.3 71 55 45 21,831 31 Kryddgården 1,851 1,692 44.7 54.2 82 84 16 22,872 34 Lillkyrka 2,268 1,760 37.6 61.5 86 90 10 28,016 36 Munksundet 2,335 1,851 44.1 54.9 86 85 15 28,570 38 Romberga 2,394 1,507 53.5 41.5 67 48 52 19,172 27 S:t Ilian N 2,127 1,748 41.7 56.6 81 78 22 25,809 35 S:t Ilian S 1,664 1,407 44.4 54.4 77 77 23 22,253 29 Skolsta 1,792 1,380 33.1 66.3 85 88 12 28,533 32 Sparrsätra 1,458 1,123 35.1 64.2 88 90 10 28,165 38 Svinnegarn 1,524 1,138 38.4 60.0 88 89 11 30,905 44 Torstuna 1,754 1,363 38.6 60.1 86 91 9 27,334 31 Västerleden N 1,882 1,278 49.3 48.5 75 60 40 22,406 28 Västerleden S 2,288 1,353 54.7 41.0 69 43 57 20,294 28 Åkersberg 1,413 972 41.4 57.3 86 80 20 29,027 41 Örsundsbro V 2,135 1,618 39.5 59.2 87 89 11 27,719 39 Örsundsbro Ö 2,327 1,714 40.9 57.5 86 89 11 27,683 35 Source: SVT

Sister cities

• Kaarina, Finland
• Ølstykke, Denmark (about to change due to the upcoming major municipality changes in Denmark)
• Nedre Eiker, Norway
• Jõgeva, Estonia
• Santa Rosa, Philippines

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Sports

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.

External links

• Media related to Enköping Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Enköping Municipality - Official site
• Enköpings SK - Official site