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Örebro Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Seat
  
Örebro

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Province
  
Närke

County
  
Örebro County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
1880

University
  
Örebro University

Örebro Municipality httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Points of interest
  
Gustavsvik, Örebro Castle, Wadköping, Stadsparken, Örebro läns museum

Clubs and Teams
  
Örebro HK, Örebro SK, BK Forward, KIF Örebro DFF, Örebro IK

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

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Map of %C3%96rebro, Sweden

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 107,038 (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 Municipality, 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

    References

    Örebro Municipality Wikipedia
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