Örebro Municipality

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Örebro Municipality
Örebro kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Örebro Municipality
Coat of arms
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Country Sweden
County Örebro County
Seat Örebro
Area[1]
 • Total 1,620.6 km2 (625.7 sq mi)
 • Land 1,373.15 km2 (530.18 sq mi)
 • Water 247.45 km2 (95.54 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2016)[2]
 • Total 144,757
 • Density 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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:

Twin towns

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

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

See also

References

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External links

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