Norrköping Municipality

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. It is the largest municipality in Östergötland.

Norrköping Municipality

Norrköpings kommun
Municipality
Norrköping Railway Station
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountyÖstergötland County
SeatNorrköping
Area
 • Total2,047.58 km2 (790.58 sq mi)
 • Land1,495.05 km2 (577.24 sq mi)
 • Water552.53 km2 (213.33 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total143,171
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÖstergötland and Södermanland
Municipal code0581
Websitewww.norrkoping.se

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:

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:

See also

References
  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. "Adresser till våra kontor Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine." 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. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  6. Trondheims offisielle nettsted - Vennskapsbyer Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

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