Linköping Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Linköpings kommun


county=Östergötland County
province=Östergötland
capital=Linköping


arearank=68th
area=1,575.91
arealand=1,435.80
populationrank=5th
population=138,580
densityrank=48th
populationdensity=96.5
website=http://www.linkoping.se/
footnotes=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.

External links

* [http://www.linkoping.se/ Linköping Municipality] - Official site