Linköping Municipality
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| Country | Sweden | ||
| County | Östergötland County | ||
| Seat | Linköping | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,575.9117 km2 (608.4629 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 1,435.8017 km2 (554.3661 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 140.11 km2 (54.10 sq mi) | ||
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| Population (June 30, 2010)[2] | |||
| • Total | 144,767 | ||
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | SE | ||
| Province | Östergötland | ||
| Municipal code | 0580 | ||
| Website | www.linkoping.se | ||
Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. Its administrative center is the city of Linköping, with some 94,000 inhabitants.
The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, Boxholm and Mjölby municipalities.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Linköping with five surrounding rural municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) making up Linköping Municipality is 32.
Linköping is one of the few municipalities in Sweden to style the speaker of the assembly as mayor.
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[edit] International relations
[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
Sister cities to Linköping are
Joensuu, Finland
Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland
Tønsberg, Norway
Trabzon, Turkey
Linz, Austria
Pietrasanta, Italy
Kaunas, Lithuania
Oradea, Romania
Guangzhou, China
Macau, China
Estelí, Nicaragua
Morogoro, Tanzania
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Roskilde Municipality, Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ Corren 7/18 2007. (Swedish)
[edit] External links
- Linköping Municipality - Official site
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