Köping
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Köping was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Municipalities of Sweden (currently amounting to 290). As present-day Finland was once a part of Sweden, the Finnish word kauppala has the same meaning. In modern Finnish, the word kaupunki is the main word for town and city. Swedish köping and the English toponym chipping are also cognates as is the Norwegian word kjøpstad and the Danish toponymical suffix -købing.
Köping was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Municipalities of Sweden (currently amounting to 290). As present-day Finland was once a part of Sweden, the Finnish word kauppala has the same meaning. In modern Finnish, the word kaupunki is the main word for town and city. Swedish köping and the English toponym chipping are also cognates as is the Norwegian word kjøpstad and the Danish toponymical suffix -købing.
Toponyms containing the word köping
Municipal Seats
Linköping (104,232 inhabitants1) Jönköping (89,396) Norrköping (87,247) Nyköping (29,891) Lidköping (25,644) Enköping (21,121) Köping (17,743) Falköping (16,350) Söderköping (6,992)
Minor Localities
Malmköping (1,977) Köpingsvik (599) Äsköping (342)
Localities/Parishes in the Diocese of Lund
Löddeköpinge (6,290) Hököpinge (1,105) Dalköpinge Kyrkoköpinge Sireköpinge Stora Köpinge
Köping titles issued 1863–1959
See also
Municipalities of Sweden List of cities in Sweden Stad (Sweden) Urban areas of Sweden
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