Motala Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Motala.

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.

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 Museum with 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 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 43,620 residents, including 33,347 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 % % Bergsätter 1,997 1,547 51.4 48.1 85 86 14 25,719 31Bispmotala 1,730 1,426 53.8 45.1 65 70 30 17,777 26Borensberg V 2,217 1,713 48.7 50.3 88 95 5 28,406 47Borensberg Ö 2,129 1,649 46.2 53.0 85 93 7 26,742 44Borenshult 2,148 1,687 43.4 55.9 86 91 9 28,130 36Brunnsvik 2,065 1,633 48.9 50.5 88 89 11 28,168 37Bråstorp 1,981 1,526 43.5 56.1 83 88 12 27,310 38Centrum 1,717 1,464 47.4 51.1 77 76 24 20,339 29Charlottenborg 2,026 1,392 57.9 41.4 70 56 44 20,422 23Ekenäs 1,623 1,138 54.1 44.1 70 64 36 20,932 26Ekön 2,173 1,145 68.1 29.3 52 34 66 14,212 16Fornåsa-Österstad 2,308 1,735 37.1 62.3 86 92 8 26,454 32Fågelsta 1,272 984 39.1 60.2 83 92 8 26,794 28Godegård 660 566 43.7 55.2 77 92 8 20,760 26Holm 2,007 1,614 42.8 56.5 84 85 15 26,620 31Hyddmarken 1,919 1,329 46.9 52.1 68 77 23 21,319 27Marieberg V 1,638 1,294 45.6 53.5 84 83 17 26,381 38Marieberg Ö 1,625 1,097 55.2 41.6 61 44 56 16,696 22Mossen 2,007 1,632 42.7 56.9 79 82 18 24,766 30Nykyrka 1,778 1,479 43.9 55.5 82 93 7 25,126 30Samuelsberg 1,795 1,431 42.2 57.0 75 79 21 24,065 31Söder 2,002 1,607 40.1 58.7 85 87 13 27,818 35Tjällmo 1,123 917 41.2 57.3 81 93 7 23,391 25Östermalm 1,680 1,342 45.4 53.7 81 89 11 26,144 37Source: SVT

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, Electrolux and Dometic have a total of 1,400; Autoliv 425; Hycop 325; Saab-Bofors Dynamics circa 300; And Motala Verkstad some 180. (source )

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities Motala is twinned with: Daugavpils, Latvia Hyvinkää, Finland

References

External links

Motala Municipality - Official site Article Motala From Nordisk familjebok, 1913