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
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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:
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Herstadberg
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Jursla
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Kimstad
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Krokek
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Lindö
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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 ...
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Loddby
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Norrköping (seat)
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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, ...
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Simonstorp
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Skärblacka
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Strömsfors
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Svärtinge
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Vånga
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Åby
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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 ...
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Öbonäs
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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
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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)
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Nävsjön
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Å, Sweden
References
External links
Norrköping Municipality- Official site
Norrköping Tourism
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Norrköping
Municipalities of Östergötland County