Norrköping Municipality

Norrköping Municipality Norrköpings kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Östergötland County
Seat	Norrköping
Area[1]
– Total	2,028.99 km2 (783.4 sq mi)
– Land	1,503.61 km2 (580.5 sq mi)
– Water	525.38 km2 (202.9 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
– Total	129,566
– Density	63.9/km2 (165.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Östergötland and Södermanland
Municipal code	0581
Website	www.norrkoping.se

Norrköping Municipality (Norrköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrköping, with some 90,000 inhabitants.

By the time of the local government reform of 1971 the City of Norrköping was amalgamated with the rural municipality of Skärblacka forming a new municipality of unitary type. In 1974 Vikbolandet was added. The number of original local government units (as of 1863) which are in the present municipality is 26.

Localities

Places with more than 200 inhabitants as of 2000:

• Herstadberg
• Jursla
• Kimstad
• Krokek
• Lindö
• Ljunga
• Loddby
• Norrköping (seat)
• Norsholm
• Simonstorp
• Skärblacka
• Strömsfors
• Svärtinge
• Vånga
• Åby
• Åselstad
• Öbonäs
• Östra Husby

Government and infrastructure

The Swedish Transport Agency has its headquarters in Norrköping, Norrköping Municipality.^[3] When the Civil Aviation Administration existed, its head office was in Norrköping.^[4]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

Norrköping is twinned with:

Esslingen, Germany Klaksvík, Faroe Islands Kópavogur, Iceland Linz, Austria

Odense Municipality, Denmark Riga, Latvia[5] Tampere, Finland Trondheim, Norway (since 1946)[6]

See also

Sweden portal

• Köping (concept)
• Å, Sweden

References

1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
3. ^ "Adresser till våra kontor." Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Huvudkontor Transportstyrelsen 601 73 Norrköping Besöksadress: Vikboplan 7, Norrköping Öppettider: Vardagar 08.00–16.30"
4. ^ "Contact." Civil Aviation Administration. 16 June 2010. Retrieved on 6 December 2010. "Swedish Civil Aviation Administration S-601 79 Norrköping."
5. ^ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/Riga_Municipality/Twin_cities_of_Riga/default.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-27. 
6. ^ Trondheims offisielle nettsted - Vennskapsbyer

External links

• Norrköping Municipality - Official site (English)/(Swedish)
• Norrköping Tourism (Swedish)

Coordinates: 58°36′N 16°12′E / 58.6°N 16.2°E / 58.6; 16.2