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Municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Motala Municipality (Motala kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Motala.
Motala Municipality
Motala kommun | |
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Motala Courthouse | |
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Coordinates: 58°32′N 15°2′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Östergötland County |
Seat | Motala |
Area | |
• Total | 1,267.23 km2 (489.28 sq mi) |
• Land | 983.49 km2 (379.73 sq mi) |
• Water | 283.74 km2 (109.55 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 43,728 |
• Density | 35/km2 (89/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Östergötland |
Municipal code | 0583 |
Website | www.motala.se |
Density is calculated using land area only. |
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 drains into the river system of Motala ström, which was of central importance to the massive industrialization of Sweden in the 19th century.
Figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden.
The population decreased by approximately 2% in most of the localities between the earlier census 1995 and the one in 2000.
This is a demographic table based on Motala Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 43,620 residents, including 33,347 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 46.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||||
Bergsätter | 1,997 | 1,547 | 51.4 | 48.1 | 85 | 86 | 14 | 25,719 | 31 |
Bispmotala | 1,730 | 1,426 | 53.8 | 45.1 | 65 | 70 | 30 | 17,777 | 26 |
Borensberg V | 2,217 | 1,713 | 48.7 | 50.3 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 28,406 | 47 |
Borensberg Ö | 2,129 | 1,649 | 46.2 | 53.0 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 26,742 | 44 |
Borenshult | 2,148 | 1,687 | 43.4 | 55.9 | 86 | 91 | 9 | 28,130 | 36 |
Brunnsvik | 2,065 | 1,633 | 48.9 | 50.5 | 88 | 89 | 11 | 28,168 | 37 |
Bråstorp | 1,981 | 1,526 | 43.5 | 56.1 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 27,310 | 38 |
Centrum | 1,717 | 1,464 | 47.4 | 51.1 | 77 | 76 | 24 | 20,339 | 29 |
Charlottenborg | 2,026 | 1,392 | 57.9 | 41.4 | 70 | 56 | 44 | 20,422 | 23 |
Ekenäs | 1,623 | 1,138 | 54.1 | 44.1 | 70 | 64 | 36 | 20,932 | 26 |
Ekön | 2,173 | 1,145 | 68.1 | 29.3 | 52 | 34 | 66 | 14,212 | 16 |
Fornåsa-Österstad | 2,308 | 1,735 | 37.1 | 62.3 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 26,454 | 32 |
Fågelsta | 1,272 | 984 | 39.1 | 60.2 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 26,794 | 28 |
Godegård | 660 | 566 | 43.7 | 55.2 | 77 | 92 | 8 | 20,760 | 26 |
Holm | 2,007 | 1,614 | 42.8 | 56.5 | 84 | 85 | 15 | 26,620 | 31 |
Hyddmarken | 1,919 | 1,329 | 46.9 | 52.1 | 68 | 77 | 23 | 21,319 | 27 |
Marieberg V | 1,638 | 1,294 | 45.6 | 53.5 | 84 | 83 | 17 | 26,381 | 38 |
Marieberg Ö | 1,625 | 1,097 | 55.2 | 41.6 | 61 | 44 | 56 | 16,696 | 22 |
Mossen | 2,007 | 1,632 | 42.7 | 56.9 | 79 | 82 | 18 | 24,766 | 30 |
Nykyrka | 1,778 | 1,479 | 43.9 | 55.5 | 82 | 93 | 7 | 25,126 | 30 |
Samuelsberg | 1,795 | 1,431 | 42.2 | 57.0 | 75 | 79 | 21 | 24,065 | 31 |
Söder | 2,002 | 1,607 | 40.1 | 58.7 | 85 | 87 | 13 | 27,818 | 35 |
Tjällmo | 1,123 | 917 | 41.2 | 57.3 | 81 | 93 | 7 | 23,391 | 25 |
Östermalm | 1,680 | 1,342 | 45.4 | 53.7 | 81 | 89 | 11 | 26,144 | 37 |
Source: SVT[3] |
The largest employer is the municipality itself, employing circa 3,400 people. The next is the county council with 1,775.
Of the private employers, Electrolux and Dometic have a total of 1,400; Autoliv 425; Hycop 325; Saab-Bofors Dynamics circa 300; And Motala Verkstad some 180. (source )
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