Kinda Municipality facts for kids
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Kinda Municipality
Kinda kommun
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Östergötland County | |
| Seat | Kisa | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,308.74 km2 (505.31 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,135.27 km2 (438.33 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 173.47 km2 (66.98 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 9,839 | |
| • Density | 7.5179/km2 (19.4713/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| 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
- Horn
- Kisa (seat)
- Rimforsa
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Kinda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 10,040 residents, including 7,765 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 52.4% 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 |
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| Horn-Hycklinge | 1,440 | 1,200 | 39.4 | 56.2 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 22,604 | 31 |
| Kisa samhälle | 1,577 | 1,255 | 47.1 | 52.3 | 87 | 89 | 11 | 23,855 | 24 |
| Kisa SÖ | 1,704 | 1,273 | 45.8 | 53.6 | 78 | 81 | 19 | 22,286 | 26 |
| Kisa V | 1,642 | 1,216 | 45.6 | 53.0 | 82 | 83 | 17 | 23,560 | 22 |
| Rimforsa N | 1,775 | 1,373 | 50.5 | 48.4 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 25,137 | 41 |
| Rimforsa S | 1,902 | 1,448 | 47.1 | 52.0 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 28,181 | 46 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
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 of distance is 90 km.
