Linköping Municipality
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| Linköpings kommun | |
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| County | Östergötland County |
| Province | Östergötland |
| Seat | Linköping |
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| Population • Total |
5th of 290 138,580 inhabitants |
| Area • Total area • Land area • Water area |
68th of 290 1,575.91 km² 1,435.80 km² |
| Density • Total |
48th of 290 96.5 inhabitants/km² |
| Municipal code | {{{code}}} |
| Website | www.linkoping.se |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Linköping, with some 94,000 inhabitants.
The municipality borders in the west to Motala, and clockwise to 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.
[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, Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian cities, including Linköping.[1] (Swedish)
[edit] External links
- Linköping Municipality - Official site
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