Kinda Municipality () 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 % % Horn-Hycklinge 1,440 1,200 39.4 56.2 83 92 8 22,604 31Kisa samhälle 1,577 1,255 47.1 52.3 87 89 11 23,855 24Kisa SÖ 1,704 1,273 45.8 53.6 78 81 19 22,286 26Kisa V 1,642 1,216 45.6 53.0 82 83 17 23,560 22Rimforsa N 1,775 1,373 50.5 48.4 84 94 6 25,137 41Rimforsa S 1,902 1,448 47.1 52.0 90 95 5 28,181 46Source: 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.
References
External links
Kinda Municipality - Official site Kinda Canal - Site in Swedish, English and German