Söderköping Municipality

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**Söderköping Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Locating Söderköping Municipality in Sweden Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Söderköping
	58° 29′ N 16° 18′ E
	County	Östergötland County
	Province	Östergötland
	Area Rank	678 km² 144th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	14,095 157th of 290
	Population density	21/km²

Söderköping Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Östergötland County, in southeast Sweden. Its seat is in the town Söderköping with 7,000 inhabitants.

1 History
2 Sights
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1595 the Riksdag of the Estates assembled at Söderköping and elected Duke Charles regent of Sweden in place of the Catholic Sigismund, who was king of both Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Söderköping stands at the eastern end of the Göta Canal, a 390-km long canal opened in 1832 to connect Gothenburg to the Baltic Sea by inland waterway.

[edit] Sights

Two of the finest sights are the two churches Saint Laurentii Church in Söderköping, and Drothem Church on the countryside, both from early 13th century.