Kinda Municipality

Kinda Municipality Kinda kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°59′N15°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  (30 June 2025) [2]
• Total	9,952
• Density	8.811/km2 (22.82/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 (Swedish : 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	83	92	8	22,604	31
Kisa samhälle	1,577	1,255	47.1	52.3	87	89	11	23,855	24
Kisa SÖ	1,704	1,273	45.8	53.6	78	81	19	22,286	26
Kisa V	1,642	1,216	45.6	53.0	82	83	17	23,560	22
Rimforsa N	1,775	1,373	50.5	48.4	84	94	6	25,137	41
Rimforsa S	1,902	1,448	47.1	52.0	90	95	5	28,181	46
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

1. "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.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 2, 2025" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Kinda i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

External links

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