"This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see K\u00F6ping, Sweden. For the municipality, see K\u00F6ping Municipality.K\u00F6ping (cognate to the English toponymical name chipping) was a Swedish denomination for a market town. This term was abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Municipalities of Sweden (currently amounting to 290).In medieval times it was the designation of an official market place/market town."@en .