Örebro Municipality

Örebro Municipality Örebro kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Seat	Örebro
Area[1]
– Total	1,628.83 km2 (628.9 sq mi)
– Land	1,380.15 km2 (532.9 sq mi)
– Water	248.68 km2 (96 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
– Total	134,725
– Density	82.7/km2 (214.2/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Närke and Västmanland
Municipal code	1880
Website	www.orebro.se

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

The municipality was created from the City of Örebro and surrounding rural municipalities in 1971 and with some areas added in 1974 it had an area of 1,840 km². In 1995 the municipality was split in two when Lekeberg Municipality was recreated in its boundaries from 1967.

Localities

Towns and localities with more than 800 inhabitants:

• Örebro 98,237 (seat)
• Hovsta 2,700
• Odensbacken 1,400
• Vintrosa 1,300
• Mosås 900
• Stora Mellösa 800

Twin towns

Örebro's seven twin towns with the year of its establishing:

1. (1946) Kolding, Denmark
2. (1946) Drammen, Norway
3. (1947) Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand), Finland
4. (1979) Stykkishólmur, Iceland
5. (2001) Łódź, Poland
6. (2002) Yantai, China
7. (2003) Terrassa, Spain

See also

• Statistics Sweden
• Nerikes Allehanda (newspaper)
• Julmust (Christmas beverage)
• Örebro Hundred

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. 

External links

• Örebro Municipality - Official site

Coordinates: 59°16′N 15°13′E / 59.267°N 15.217°E / 59.267; 15.217