Köinge køːŋe is a village in Falkenberg Municipality

Falkenberg Municipality

Falkenberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat....

, Sweden

Sweden

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. It formed a separate parish until 2005, when it became a part of Okome

Okome

Okome is a parish and village in Falkenberg, Sweden. The village has a population of about 160, and the parish as a whole has a population of about 500. The village has some services, such as a primary school and a car repair shop. As well as Okome Village the parish also includes Köinge and...

 parish. The village has about 200 inhabitants.

History

The first written record of the village is found in 1362. Several alternative interpretations of the name exists. The battle of Axtorna

Battle of Axtorna

The Battle of Axtorna was fought October 20, 1565 at Axtorna, a little village today in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County in western Sweden....

 in 1565 took place not far from the village.

It used to be seat of the local district court, and did then have an execution

Capital punishment

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 place.

A golden necklace

Necklace

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 from the Migration Period

Migration Period

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 was found in 1889.

Infrastructure

County road 154 passes through the village, as does, in perpendicular direction, road 782, which connects the village with Svartrå

Svartrå

Svartrå is a former village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden with about 200 citizens. It formed a parish until 2006, when the parish merged with Köinge and Okome parish to form Okome parish. It was a municipality between 1863 and 1951. A brook, Svartån, flows through the area. It is...

 and Ätrafors.

The Falkenberg railway

Falkenberg railway

Falkenberg Railway was an 891 mm gauge narrow gauge railway line between Falkenberg and Limmared in Sweden. It was inaugurated 28 September 1894 and was in use until 1959/1961.-History:...

 (1894-1959) had a station in the village. The building was later used as a post office

Post office

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 and a library

Library

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.

People from Köinge

• Göran Karlsson, founder of Gekås
  Gekås
  Gekås i Ullared AB is a Swedish superstore in Ullared, Sweden, founded in 1963 by Göran Karlsson as Ge-kås Manufaktur. It has an annual turnover of 3 800 000 000 Swedish kronor ,, with a total store area of over 20 000m2 in addition to a 50000m2 storage area just a few hundred yards away. Boris...