Kumla
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Kumla Municipality |
| County | Örebro County |
| Province | Närke |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 7.21 km² (2.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 13,033 |
| - Density | 1,808/km² (4,682.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Kumla is a town (pop. 13,000) in Närke, Sweden and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County.
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[edit] History
Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century.
Kumla got the title of a city in 1942, but is since 1971 the seat of the larger Kumla Municipality.
[edit] Today
Today the industry is dominated by the manufacturing of jam at BOB industries, and communication systems at an Ericsson industry.
[edit] Notability
Today the name Kumla is renowned for its prison ("the Kumla Institution", or Kumlaanstalten), which is the largest prison in the country. Opened in 1965, it can currently allow 257 inmates, with a similarly large staff, and is designated for "difficult" inmates and for those at the start of a life term sentence. It is one of three Swedish prisons housing the most notorious and dangerous inmates.
[edit] See also
- Swedish National Prison and Probation Administration
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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Kumla is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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