Linköping Municipality
| Linköping Municipality Linköpings kommun | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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| Motto: Linköping - where ideas come to life | ||
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Östergötland County | |
| Seat | Linköping | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,568.26 km2 (605.51 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,427.44 km2 (551.14 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 140.82 km2 (54.37 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2014. | ||
| Population (December 31, 2014)[2] | ||
| • Total | 151,881 | |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/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 104,000 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.
Linköping wants to create a sustainable development of the city and therefore plan to become a carbon neutral community by 2025.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Sister cities to Linköping are
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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]
References
- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (MICROSOFT EXCEL) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved March 2015.
- ↑ Corren 7/18 2007. (Swedish)
External links
- Linköping Municipality - Official site
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