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Norrköping Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
0581

Seat
  
Norrköping

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Website
  
www.norrkoping.se


Provinces
  
Östergötland County, Södermanland County

Clubs and Teams
  
IFK Norrköping, HC Vita Hästen

Points of interest
  
Kolmården Wildlife Park, Motala ström, Kolmården Tropicarium, Lövstad Castle, Norrköpings konstmuseum

Destinations
  
Norrköping, Kolmården, Krokek, Roxen, Åby - Norrköpin

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. Biggest municipality in Östergötland.

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Map of Norrk%C3%B6ping, Sweden

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. When the Civil Aviation Administration existed, its head office was in Norrköping.

    Twin towns — Sister cities

    Norrköping is twinned with:

    References

    Norrköping Municipality Wikipedia