LINKÖPINGS LÄN, of which the above town is capital, lies between Lake Wetter on the W., and the Baltic on the E., and contains an area of 4254 square miles, with (in 1850) 222,484 inhabitants. The Gota and Motala canals traverse it from the Wetter to the Baltic, and communicate with the many lakes of the district. Its chief products are,—grain, flax, hops, timber, iron, and lead. Linköping and Norrköping are the two chief towns.