1. Sweden
    History   Toponyms containing the word köping  Municipal Seats  Minor Localities  Localities/Parishes in the Diocese of Lund  Köping titles issued 1863–1959 

2. Finland

3. See also

4. References

Köping (cognate to the English toponymical name chipping) was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages . This term was abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Municipalities of Sweden (currently amounting to 290).

Sweden

History

In 1863 the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden. There were two acts, one for cities and one for rural areas. Of the around 2,500 municipalities, 89 had city rights and thus had the right to call themselves stad (city). Under the "rural" act there were also eight localities given the status of köping, which positioned them between a rural municipality and a town (see municipalköping). The number of localities designated as köping rose dramatically during the 20th century and reached its peak in 1959, when they were 95. Many new settlements during the industrialization of Sweden, as well as some of the suburbs in the metropolitan areas, first received the title of köping and it was also made part of their name (such as Linköping or Nyköping). {{clarify|This should not be confused with cities established in the 13th century or earlier, eg Linköping or Jönköping|date=April 2013}} They later grew further and received town privileges, but kept the köping ending of their names.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} See the list below. It has been found that a vast majority, nearly 70%, of such designated market-towns lie within an area of {{convert|200|km2|abbr=on}} in south-central Sweden, especially in the highly economically productive region immediately west and south of Stockholm, in Södermanland, Örebro, Östergötland, and Jönköping counties.

A large-scale merger of Swedish municipalities in 1971 removed the distinctions between towns, market towns and rural municipalities. Many of the former market towns are now seats of municipalities. In contrast to the term stad, köping is seldom used in everyday speech today.

Toponyms containing the word köping

Municipal Seats

• Linköping (104,232 inhabitants)
• 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^[1]
• Kyrkoköpinge^[2]
• Sireköpinge^[3]
• Stora Köpinge^[4]

Köping titles issued 1863–1959

Finland

As present-day Finland was then a part of Sweden, the Finnish word kauppala has the same meaning. The Finnish word kaupunki, borrowed from the Old Norse word for köping, is today the main word for town in Finnish.

See also

• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of cities in Sweden
• Stad (Sweden)
• Urban areas of Sweden

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