Lekeberg Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Lekebergs kommun
county=Örebro County
province=Närke
capital=Fjugesta


arearank=185th
area=484.18
arealand=465.96
populationrank=252nd
population=7,097
densityrank=202nd
populationdensity=15.2
website=http://www.lekeberg.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007

Lekeberg Municipality ("Lekebergs kommun") is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Fjugesta, with around 2,000 inhabitants.

Lekeberg was first formed as a municipality in connection with the local government reform of 1952 by the amalgamation of five smaller units. In 1967 two more parishes were added. The next reform of 1971 placed the area within Örebro Municipality. It was re-established in 1995 within its 1967 borders.

Geography

Mostly woods and farm lands, with Garphyttan National Park, established in 1909, located within the municipality.

The largest industry sector is farming. Many farmers have further specialized on hog and chicken farming.

Other industries are small companies within wood and carpentry industries, as well as craftswork and other small enterprises.

Localities

Over 200 inhabitants:
*Fjugesta (seat)
*Gropen
*Hidinge
*Lanna
*Mullhyttan

ights

The monastery ruin of Riseberga was the home of nuns of the Cistercian order in the medieval age. It burnt down in 1546, and remaining stones were used in the building of a local church some hundreds years later.

The amphitheatre of Riseberga is Sweden's largest of that kind, with 1,216 seats.

Twin towns

Lekeberg's twin towns with the year of its establishing:

#(1996) Dundaga, Latvia flagicon|Latvia
#(2001) Hashøj, Denmark flagicon|Denmark

External links

* [http://www.lekeberg.se Lekeberg Municipality] - Official site