Flen Municipality

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**Flen Municipality (*Kommun*)**
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	Municipal facts
	Seat	Flen
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	County	Södermanland County
	Province	Sörmland
	Area Rank	722 km² 136th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	16,534 x of 290
	Population density	23/km²

Flen is a Municipality in Södermanland County, in Svealand, Sweden. Its seat is located in Flen.

The municipality is located in a typical Sörmlandish area of lakes and streams.

[edit] Municipal towns

Figures from Statistics Sweden, 2004.

Flen 6,107
Malmköping 2,006
Hälleforsnäs 1,737
Sparreholm 799
Skebokvarn 225
Mellösa 549
Bettna 410
Vadsbro 118

Total in towns or smalltowns 12,010
Countryside 4,583

Total 16,534

(Source: [1])

Of these towns, Malmköping, located about 15 kilometers north of the town Flen, surpasses Flen as a tourism attraction due to its two annual markets. The traditions of markets in Malmköping goes back centuries, as Malmköping got market town rights (köping) already in 1785.