Askersund Municipality

Askersund Municipality
Askersunds kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Örebro County
Seat Askersund
Area[1]
 • Total 1,019.74 km2 (393.72 sq mi)
 • Land 815.99 km2 (315.06 sq mi)
 • Water 203.75 km2 (78.67 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 11,182
 • Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Närke
Municipal code 1882
Website www.askersund.se
A hamburger bar in Hammar, a village in the northern part of Askersund Municipality.

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

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Askersund was merged with the rural municipalities Hammar and Lerbäck.

Localities

Twin towns

Askersund's two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1945) Eura, Finland Finland
  2. (1990) Jordanów, Poland Poland

Politics

Result of the 2010 election

Moderate Party 25,55%

Centre Party 8,06%

Liberal People's Party 4,93%

Christian Democrats 6,00%

Swedish Social Democratic Party 39,36%

Left Party 4,61%

Green Party 4,94%

Sweden Democrats 5,81%

Other Parties 0,73%

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 58°53′N 14°54′E / 58.883°N 14.900°E / 58.883; 14.900

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