Kinda Municipality

Kinda Municipality
Kinda kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Östergötland County
Seat Kisa
Area[1]
 • Total 1,301.96 km2 (502.69 sq mi)
 • Land 1,129.47 km2 (436.09 sq mi)
 • Water 172.49 km2 (66.60 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 9,840
 • Density 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Östergötland
Municipal code 0513
Website www.kinda.se

Kinda Municipality (Kinda kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town Kisa, with some 4,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of three municipalities called Norra Kinda, Södra Kinda and Västra Kinda (North, South and West Kinda respectively), which had been formed in 1952 from the nine original entities. The name was taken from the old Kinda Hundred.

Localities

Nature

Naturewise, the municipality is above all known for the Kinda Canal, a waterway of canals taking boat tours from lake Roxen south through Linköping, ending in Horn. The total distance is 90 km.

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

Coordinates: 57°59′N 15°37′E / 57.983°N 15.617°E / 57.983; 15.617

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