Söderhamn Municipality

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Söderhamn Municipality (Kommun)

Gävleborg County; Söderhamn to the east Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Söderhamn
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	County	Gävleborg County
	Province	Hälsingland
	Area Rank	1,064 km² 95th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	26,731 x of 290
	Density	25/km²

Söderhamn Municipality is a Municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn (pop. 12,000).

The most popular tourist attraction is Oskarsborg, a tower built in 1895 on the top of a hill right in the center of the city.

[edit] Sister cities

Söderhamn has three sister cities. Of these, the connections are deepest with Jakobstad, having been sister cities since the 1940s.

• Jakobstad, Finland. Web: http://www.jakobstad.fi/
• Kunda, Estonia. Web: http://www.kunda.ee/
• Os, Hordaland, Norway Web: www.os.hordaland.no/

[edit] External links

• Söderhamn - Official site

Gävleborg County

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Söderhamn Municipality is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.

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