Filipstad Municipality
Filipstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the rural municipalities of Kroppa, Rämmen and Värmlandsberg.
Localities
With at least 200 inhabitants:- Filipstad, 6,300 inhabitants
- Lesjöfors, 1,247 inhabitants
- Nykroppa, 1,020 inhabitants
- Persberg, 350 inhabitants
- Nordmark, 250 inhabitants
Demographics
In total there were 10,387 residents with 7,763 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote. The political demographics were 46.5% for the left bloc and 52.3% for the right bloc. Filipstad is generally a low-income municipality, with low attainment of university degrees and about 22% were of foreign background. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.