# Motala Municipality

Motala Municipality (Motala kommun) 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 | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
| Location | | | % | % | | | | | |
| 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 ||||||||||

## 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