Katrineholm Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Katrineholms kommun


county=Södermanland County
province=Södermanland
capital=Katrineholm


arearank=98th
area=1,195.87
arealand=1,025.38
populationrank=75th
population=32,029
densityrank=133rd
populationdensity=31.2
website=http://www.katrineholm.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Katrineholm Municipality ("Katrineholms kommun") is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Katrineholm.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the "City of Katrineholm" (instituted in 1917) was amalgamated with surrounding rural municipalities.

The thirty-first Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, while originally from the neighboring municipality of Vingåker, was once the municipal chairman (mayor) of Katrineholm.

Localities

*Bie
*Björkvik
*Flodafors
*Forssjö
*Katrineholm (seat)
*Sköldinge
*Strångsjö
*Valla
*Äsköping

References

*Nationalencyklopedin

External links

* [http://www.katrineholm.se/ Katrineholm Municipality] - Official site