- Kinda Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Kinda kommun
county=Östergötland County
province=Östergötland
capital=Kisa
arearank=85th
area=1,308.74
arealand=1,135.27
populationrank=220th
population=9,918
densityrank=238th
populationdensity=8.7
website=http://www.kinda.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006Kinda Municipality ("Kinda kommun") is a municipality in
Östergötland County , southeastSweden . 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 in1952 from the nine original entities. The name was taken from the oldKinda 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 lakeRoxen south throughLinköping , ending in Horn. The total distance is 90 km.External links
* [http://www.kinda.se/ Kinda Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.kindakanal.se/ Kinda Canal] - Site in Swedish, English and German
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