Country Sweden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 0482 Province Södermanland County | Seat Flen ISO 3166 code SE Website www.flen.se | |
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Flen Municipality (Flens kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Flen.
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Map of Flen, Sweden
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Flen (instituted in 1949), the market town (köping) Malmköping and the surrounding countryside.
Localities
Figures from Statistics Sweden, 2004.
Of these places, Malmköping, located about 15 km north of Flen, surpasses Flen as a tourism attraction due to its two annual markets. The traditions of markets in Malmköping goes back centuries, as Malmköping got market town rights (became a köping) already in 1785.
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Flen Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA