Lindesberg Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Lindesbergs kommun


county=Örebro County
province=Västmanland
capital=Lindesberg


arearank=73rd
area=1,488.69
arealand=1,382.80
populationrank=108th
population=23,104
densityrank=192rd
populationdensity=16.7
website=http://www.lindesberg.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007

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.

Localities

By size, as of 2000:
*Lindesberg (seat)
*Frövi
*Storå
*Fellingsbro
*Vedevåg
*Stråssa
*Gusselby
*Ramsberg
*Rockhammar

Twin towns

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

#(1940) Kuusankoski, Finland flagicon|Finland
#(?) Oppdal, Norway flagicon|Norway
#(?) Jammerbugt, Denmark flagicon|Denmark
#(1990) Frunzensky district, Saint Petersburg, Russia flagicon|Russia
#(1995) Haßberge, Germany flagicon|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.

External links

* [http://www.lindesberg.se Lindesberg Municipality] - Official site