Motala Municipality

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.

• Name — Motala Municipality • Native Name — Motala kommun • Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Östergötland County • Seat Type — Seat • Seat — Motala • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Note — Area as of. • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Time Zone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Custom Label Sec1 — Province • Custom Data Sec1 — Östergötland • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Municipal code • Custom Data1 Sec1 — 0583 • Iso Code — SE • Website — www.motala.se • Footnotes — Density is calculated using land area only.

• 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

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.

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

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)

Motala is twinned with: • Daugavpils, Latvia • Hyvinkää, Finland