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.

Kinda Municipality Kinda kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°59′N 15°37′E
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 2021)[2]
• Total	10,048
• 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

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

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

• Media related to Kinda Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Kinda Municipality - Official site
• Kinda Canal - Site in Swedish, English and German

На других языках

[de] Kinda (Gemeinde)