Örebro Municipality
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| Örebro kommun | |
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| County | Örebro County |
| Province | Närke and Västmanland |
| Seat | Örebro |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
64th of 290 1,628.79 km² 1,380.11 km² |
| Population • Total |
7th of 290 130,429 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
50th of 290 94.5 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.orebro.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007 | |
Örebro Municipality (Örebro kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Örebro.
The municipality was created from the City of Örebro and surrounding rural municipalities in 1971 and with some areas added in 1974 it had an area of 1,840 km². In 1995 the municipality was split in two when Lekeberg Municipality was recreated in its boundaries from 1967.
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[edit] Localities
Towns and localities with more than 800 inhabitants:
- Örebro 98,237 (seat)
- Hovsta 2,700
- Odensbacken 1,400
- Vintrosa 1,300
- Mosås 900
- Stora Mellösa 800
[edit] Twin towns
Örebro's seven twin towns with the year of its establishing:
- (1946) Kolding, Denmark
- (1946) Drammen, Norway
- (1947) Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand), Finland
- (1979) Stykkishólmur, Iceland
- (2001) Łódź, Poland
- (2002) Yantai, China
- (2003) Terrassa, Spain
[edit] See also
- Statistics Sweden
- Nerikes Allehanda (newspaper)
- Julmust (Christmas beverage)
- Örebro Hundred
[edit] External link
- Örebro Municipality - Official site
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