Hallsberg Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Hallsbergs kommun


county=Örebro County
province=Närke
capital=Hallsberg


arearank=154th
area=673.84
arealand=640.15
populationrank=146th
population=15,268
densityrank=159th
populationdensity=23.85
website=http://www.hallsberg.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007

Hallsberg Municipality ("Hallsbergs kommun") is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hallsberg.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town ("köping") of Hallsberg was amalgamated with adjacent municipalities. A series of amalgamations had taken place in the area in 1952, 1963 and 1967.

Localities

*Hallsberg (seat)
*Hjortkvarn
*Pålsboda
*Sköllersta
*Vretstorp
*Östansjö

Twin towns

Hallsberg's three twin towns with the year of its establishing:

#(1946) Toijala, Finland flagicon|Finland
#(1991) Valga, Estonia flagicon|Estonia
#(1996) Gifhorn, Germany flagicon|Germany

External links

* [http://www.hallsberg.se Hallsberg Municipality] - Official site