Motala Municipality (''Motala kommun'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or ''län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to t ...

in southeast

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. Its seat is located in the

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Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. ...

. In 1971 Motala Municipality was formed by the amalgamation of the ''City of Motala'' with some of the adjacent rural municipalities. Three years later more entities were added, among them the former ''City of Vadstena''. In 1980 a new Vadstena Municipality was split off. Geographically, Motala is situated where

Lake Vättern A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larg ...

drains into the river system of

Motala ström Motala ström is the river system that drains lake Vättern, the second largest lake in Sweden, into the Baltic Sea in Norrköping. It is named from the city Motala where it begins. In the early 19th century, the Göta Canal The Göta Can ...

, which was of central importance to the massive

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of Sweden in the 19th century.

Sights and museums

* Charlottenborg Castle *

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manorhouse with the Swedish Porcelain Museum *

Göta Canal The Göta Canal ( sv, Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. The canal is long, of which were dug or blasted, with a width varying between and a maximum depth of about .Uno Svedin, Britt Hägerhäll Anians ...

with locks * Medevi 17th century spa, the oldest in Sweden * Motala Church * Motala Motor Museum * The Museum of Motala Industrial History * Nubbekullen, birthplace of artist

August Malmström Johan August Malmström (14 October 1829 – 18 October 1901) was a Swedish painter. As an artist, he was known for his country motifs often featuring children. His most widely recognized work is ''Grindslanten'' (1885) featuring a typical s ...

* The Swedish Broadcasting Museum with the twin radio towers *

Ulvåsa Ulvåsa, or Ulfåsa, is a mansion by lake Boren outside Motala in Östergötland, Sweden. The construction of the present mansion began in the 16th century. In the early 19th century a third floor was added and it obtained its present architectu ...

, manorhouse and medieval ruins of St Bridget's home * Varamon beach * Västra Stenby Church and rune stone * Övralid, manorhouse and home of author

Verner von Heidenstam Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy ...

Localities

Figures as of 2000, from

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. #

30,136 (seat) # Borensberg 2,667 # Tjällmo 562 # Fornåsa 446 # Nykyrka 434 # Fågelsta 334 # Österstad 329 # Klockrike 275 #

200 The population decreased by approximately 2% in most of the localities between the earlier census 1995 and the one in 2000.

Industry

The largest employer is the municipality itself, employing circa 3,400 people. The next is the

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with 1,775. Of the private employers,

Electrolux Electrolux AB () is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm. It is consistently ranked the world's second largest appliance maker by units sold, after Whirlpool. Electrolux products sell under a variety ...

and

Dometic Dometic Group is a Swedish company that manufactures a variety of products, notably for the recreational vehicle, marine, and hospitality industries in the areas of Food & Beverage, Climate, Power & Control, and other applications. It operates i ...

have a total of 1,400;

Autoliv Autoliv Inc. is a Swedish-American automotive safety supplier with sales to all leading car manufacturers worldwide. Together with its joint ventures, Autoliv has over 68,000 employees in 27 countries, of whom 5700 are involved in research, dev ...

425; Hycop 325;

Saab Saab or SAAB may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Saab Group, a Swedish aerospace and defence company, formerly known as SAAB, and later as Saab AB ** Datasaab, a former computer company, started as spin off from Saab AB * Saab Automobile, a fo ...

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Dynamics circa 300; And Motala Verkstad some 180. (sourc

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Motala is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: *

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the ...

, Latvia *

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring muni ...

, Finland

References

External links

*
Motala Municipality
- Official site

From

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, 1913 {{authority control Municipalities of Östergötland County