title: Falun Municipality
text: # Falun Municipality
  
  Falun Municipality (Falu kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun. Falun is the second biggest city and provincial capital of Dalarna County. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine.
  
  The present municipality was formed at the time of the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Falun and six surrounding rural municipalities were amalgamated.
  
  ## Localities
  
  * Aspeboda
  * Bengtsheden
  * Bjursås
  * Danholn
  * Grycksbo
  * Falun (seat)
  * Linghed
  * Sundborn
  * Svärdsjö
  * Sågmyra
  * Toftbyn
  * Vika
  
  ## Riksdag elections
  
  | Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1973 | 89.2 | 30,135 | 3.8 | 40.1 | | 32.1 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 12.7 | | | 43.9 | 54.1 |
  | 1976 | 90.8 | 32,507 | 3.8 | 38.0 | | 30.8 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 14.2 | | | 41.8 | 56.7 |
  | 1979 | 89.1 | 33,105 | 4.9 | 38.7 | | 24.4 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 20.0 | | | 43.6 | 54.7 |
  | 1982 | 90.2 | 34,386 | 4.5 | 41.9 | 2.3 | 19.3 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 24.1 | | | 46.4 | 49.5 |
  | 1985 | 88.4 | 34,444 | 4.4 | 40.8 | 1.7 | 14.9 | 15.9 | | 22.1 | | | 45.2 | 52.8 |
  | 1988 | 83.7 | 32,920 | 5.2 | 39.4 | 6.1 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 18.1 | | | 50.8 | 45.7 |
  | 1991 | 84.6 | 33,704 | 3.8 | 34.2 | 3.9 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 21.9 | | 6.7 | 37.9 | 49.6 |
  | 1994 | 85.5 | 34,446 | 6.0 | 41.5 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 21.5 | | 0.9 | 54.4 | 43.8 |
  | 1998 | 81.1 | 32,490 | 12.4 | 33.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 12.6 | 22.2 | | | 51.4 | 44.8 |
  | 2002 | 79.2 | 32,593 | 8.6 | 38.4 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 15.3 | 1.1 | | 52.6 | 43.7 |
  | 2006 | 82.2 | 34,442 | 5.9 | 33.8 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 25.5 | 2.5 | | 45.8 | 48.2 |
  | 2010 | 85.4 | 36,559 | 5.5 | 31.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 28.9 | 5.5 | | 45.1 | 47.6 |
  | 2014 | 87.4 | 38,251 | 5.9 | 30.2 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 23.2 | 12.8 | | 43.3 | 39.5 |
  | 2018 | 88.8 | 39,461 | 8.2 | 28.0 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 19.7 | 15.3 | | 52.9 | 45.6 |
  
  ## Local politics
  
  The Falu Party is a party with local interests.
  
  ## Sister cities
  
  The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:
  
  * Hamina, Finland
  * Grudziądz, Poland
  * Gütersloh, Germany
  * Vordingborg, Denmark
  
  Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:
  
  * Kimberley, South Africa
  * Pskov, Russia
  