Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 0580 Province Östergötland County | Seat Linköping ISO 3166 code SE Website www.linkoping.se University Linköping University | |
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Points of interest Gamla Linköping Open‑Air, Swedish Air Force Museum, Linköping Castle, Ekenäs Castle, Bergs slussar Clubs and Teams Linköpings HC, IK Östria Lambohov, FK Linköping, BK Linköping, LSF water polo team | ||
Linköping Municipality (Linköpings kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. With 152,966 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest municipality in Sweden.
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The municipality is bordered in the west by Motala, and thence clockwise by Finspång, Norrköping, Söderköping, 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.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Sister cities to Linköping are
Roskilde Municipality, Denmark chose in the summer of 2007 to cancel its sistership agreements with four Scandinavian local government entities, including Linköping Municipality.