Linköping Municipality

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Linköping Municipality
Linköpings kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
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)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
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] Twin towns — Sister cities

Sister cities to Linköping are

Roskilde Municipality, Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.[3]

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Coordinates: 58°24′N 15°37′E / 58.4°N 15.617°E / 58.4; 15.617

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