- Lidköping
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lidköping
image_caption =
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Lidköping Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Västra Götaland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Västergötland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 14.95
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 24,941
population_density_km2 = 1669
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=58 |latm=30 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=13 |longm=11 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Lidköping is a town (pop. 25,000) in
Västergötland , westernSweden and the seat ofLidköping Municipality ,Västra Götaland County .It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from
Linköping near Sweden's east coast.Geography
The town of Lidköping is divided by the stream "Lidan", flowing throw the central city. The right (eastern) side of it is called the old town, and the left side is known as the new town.
The municipality of Lidköping is together with its western neighbor
Götene located on the Läckö-Kinnekulle peninsula. In association with several large local companies, they have a colloquial tourism company known as "Götene-Lidköping Vänern Turist AB".History
Lidköping got its
charter onJuly 21 ,1446 , and thus qualifies as one of the now defunctCities of Sweden . The city arms are almost as old. The design has varied throughout the centuries, but has always depicted a seated bishop. It is disputed if it depicts an actual bishop, but was in the 20th century decided to be a depiction of the bishop Saint Nicholas.Around 1650, the city was decided to be incorporated into the countship of
Jakob De la Gardie . However, in 1655 the crown decided to ragain administration of the city. To make up the loss, De la Gardie was then given the right to found a new city on the western side of the river, starting 1670. In 1672 the foundations were laid, and the new city grew rather quickly. In1683 , both sides of the city Lidköping were declared unitifed by the Crown, who also reclaimed possession of them both.The old town burned down in
1849 , and large part of the new town were also damaged. Following the fire, both towns were rebuilt according to a check pattern.Symbol
Lidköping is working hard to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern". 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 context, and also on the road sign when entering Lidköping. [1]
Famous people from Lidköping
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Tommy Ingemarsson (aka Potti) of the esport-teamNinjas in Pyjamas
*Linda Sundblad
*Carl Dalemo of the bandRazorlight
*Gunnar Wennerberg
*Anders Järryd See also
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Municipalities of Sweden
*Köping (concept)Notes
# Lidköpings describes its symbol and its uses. In Swedish only.2.
kusha Other references
*sv icon [http://runeberg.org/nfbp/0214.html article Lidköping] from
Nordisk Familjebok (vol. 16, 1912)References
External links
* [http://www.lidkoping.se Lidköping] - Official site
* [http://www.lackokinnekulle.se/ Läckö Kinnekulle] - The "Götene-Lidköping Vänern" tourism company
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