Linköping Municipality

Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland Coonty in soothren Swaden. Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Linköping, wi some 94,000 indwallers.

Linköping Municipality Linköpings kommun
Municipality
Coat airms
Kintra	Swaden
Coonty	Östergötland Coonty
Seat	Linköping
Area [1]
• Total	1568.26 km2 (605.51 sq mi)
• Laund	1427.44 km2 (551.14 sq mi)
• Water	140.82 km2 (54.37 sq mi)
	Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	165,527
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Östergötland
Municipal code	0580
Website	www.linkoping.se

The municipality is bordered in the wast bi Motala, an thence clockwise bi Finspång, Norrköping, Åtvidaberg, Kinda, Boxholm an Mjölby municipalities.

The present municipality wis formit in 1971 bi the amalgamation o the Ceety o Linköping wi five surroondin rural municipalities. The nummer o oreeginal local govrenment entities (as o 1863) makkingup Linköping Municipality is 32.

Linköping is ane o the few municipalities in Swaden tae style the speaker o the assembly as mayor.

Internaitional relations

Main airticle: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Swaden

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Sister ceeties tae Linköping are

• Joensuu, Finland
• Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland
• Tønsberg, Norawa
• Trabzon, Turkey
• Linz, Austrick
• Pietrasanta, Italy
• Kaunas, Lithuanie
• Oradea, Romanie
• Guangzhou, Cheenae
• Macau, Cheenae
• Estelí, Nicaragua
• Morogoro, Tanzanie
• Palo Alto, Californie, U.S.

Roskilde, Denmark chuise in the simmer o 2007 tae cancel its sistership agreements wi fower Scandinavian ceeties, includin Linköping.^[3]