Askersund Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Askersunds kommun
county=Örebro County
province=Närke
capital=Askersund


arearank=115th
area=1,025.21
arealand=819.88
populationrank=192st
population=11,394
densityrank=207th
populationdensity=13.9
website=http://www.askersund.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007

Askersund Municipality ("Askersunds kommun") is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Askersund.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former "City of Askersund" was merged with the rural municipalities "Hammar" and "Lerbäck".

Localities

* Askersund (seat)
* Zinkgruvan
* Lerbäck
* Mariedamm
* Åmmeberg
* Åsbro

Twin towns

Askersund's two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

#(1945) Eura, Finland flagicon|Finland
#(1990) Jordanów, Poland flagicon|Poland

External links

* [http://www.askersund.se Askersund Municipality] - Official site