Kinda Municipality

Municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden

Kinda Municipality Kinda kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°59′N 15°37′E / 57.983°N 15.617°E / 57.983; 15.617
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 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,992
• Density	7.7/km² (20/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.^[3]

In total there were 10,040 residents, including 7,765 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 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

Horn-Hycklinge

1,440

1,200

39.4

56.2

22,604

Kisa samhälle

1,577

1,255

47.1

52.3

23,855

Kisa SÖ

1,704

1,273

45.8

53.6

22,286

Kisa V

1,642

1,216

45.6

53.0

23,560

Rimforsa N

1,775

1,373

50.5

48.4

25,137

Rimforsa S

1,902

1,448

47.1

52.0

28,181

Source: SVT^[3]

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.

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Kinda i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.