Motala Municipality
Motala Municipality
Motala kommun | ||
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 Motala Courthouse | ||
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Municipal code 0583 | | |
| Website | www.motala.se | |
| Density is calculated using land area only. | ||
Motala Municipality (Motala kommun) is a
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
Sights and museums
- Charlottenborg Castle
- Godegård manorhouse with the Swedish Porcelain Museum
- Göta Canal 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
- The Swedish Broadcasting Museumwith the twin radio towers
- Ulvåsa, 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
Localities
Figures as of 2000, from Statistics Sweden.
- Motala 30,136 (seat)
- Borensberg 2,667
- Tjällmo 562
- Fornåsa 446
- Nykyrka 434
- Fågelsta 334
- Österstad 329
- Klockrike 275
- Godegård 200
The population decreased by approximately 2% in most of the localities between the earlier census 1995 and the one in 2000.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Motala Municipality's electoral districts in the
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
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Degree |
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| 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] | |||||||||
Industry
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,
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Motala is
Daugavpils, Latvia
Hyvinkää, Finland
References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Internationell samverkan i praktiken". motala.se (in Swedish). Motala kommun. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
External links
Media related to Motala Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Motala Municipality - Official site
- (in Swedish) Article Motala From Nordisk familjebok, 1913
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