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Norrköping Municipality (''Norrköpings kommun'') is a municipality in
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 Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrköping, with some 90,000 inhabitants. It is the largest municipality in Östergötland. By the time of the local government reform of 1971 the ''City of Norrköping'' was
amalgamated Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form. Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to: Mathematics and science * Amalgam (chemistry), the combination of mercury with another metal **Pan ama ...
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 Ljunga is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingd ...
* Loddby * Norrköping (seat) *
Norsholm Norsholm () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 615 inhabitants in 2010. It lies around 15  kilometres southwest of Norrköping. Norsholm lies on the European route E4, ...
* Simonstorp * Skärblacka * Strömsfors * Svärtinge * Vånga * Åby *
Åselstad Åselstad is a locality situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Ki ...
* Öbonäs *
Östra Husby Östra Husby is a Village situated in Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 904 inhabitants in 2020. Östra Husby is situated 22 kilometers east of Norrköping and 16 kilometers northeast of Söderköping, Sweden Swe ...


Government and infrastructure

The
Swedish Transport Agency The Swedish Transport Agency ( sv, Transportstyrelsen) is a Swedish government agency which is responsible for the regulation of rail, air, sea and road transport and its enforcement. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through a merger of several ...
has its headquarters in Norrköping, Norrköping Municipality. When the Civil Aviation Administration existed, its head office was in Norrköping.Contact
" Civil Aviation Administration. 16 June 2010. Retrieved on 6 December 2010. "Swedish Civil Aviation Administration S-601 79 Norrköping."


International relations


Twin towns — Sister cities

Norrköping is twinned with:


See also

*
Köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Muni ...
(concept) * Nävsjön * Å, Sweden


References


External links


Norrköping Municipality
- Official site
Norrköping Tourism
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