Lindesberg Municipality

Lindesberg Municipality
Lindesbergs kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Örebro County
Seat Lindesberg
Area[1]
 • Total 1,488.65 km2 (574.8 sq mi)
 • Land 1,382.76 km2 (533.9 sq mi)
 • Water 105.89 km2 (40.9 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 22,992
 • Density 15.4/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västmanland
Municipal code 1885
Website www.lindesberg.se

Lindesberg Municipality (Lindesbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg.

The present municipality was created 1971 when the former City of Lindesberg and the former market town of Frövi were joined together.

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Localities

By size, as of 2000:

Twin towns

Lindesberg's five twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1940) Kuusankoski, Finland
  2. (?) Oppdal, Norway
  3. (?) Jammerbugt, Denmark
  4. (1990) Frunzensky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  5. (1995) Haßberge, Germany

Industry

The largest employer is the municipality. After that follow the large hospital, serving the northern parts of Örebro County. Larger companies include Por Pac (Fagerdala Foams), Arvin Meritor and Liab.

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

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Municipalities
Municipal seats
Localities in Lindesberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden
Localities:
Fellingsbro  · Frövi  · Gusselby  · Lindesberg (seat)  · Ramsberg  · Rockhammar  · Storå  · Stråssa  · Vedevåg