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Country
  
Sweden

Seat
  
Askersund

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Province
  
Närke

County
  
Örebro County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
1882

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

Contents

Map of Askersund, Sweden

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

Localities

  • Askersund (seat)
  • Zinkgruvan
  • Lerbäck
  • Mariedamm
  • Åmmeberg
  • Åsbro
  • Twin towns

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

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

    Askersund Municipality Wikipedia