Flen Municipality (''Flens kommun'') is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in central
Södermanland County
Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or '' län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is t ...
in southeast
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the
city
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of
Flen
Flen (local pronunciation ''Flén'') is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010.
Flen evolved as a railway junction and got the title of a city in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of ...
.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the
amalgamation
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Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to:
Mathematics and science
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of the ''City of Flen'' (instituted in 1949), the market town (''
köping
''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munici ...
'')
Malmköping
Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010.
Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen. It is a tourist attraction due to its many annual ma ...
and the surrounding countryside, including a southeastern portion of the former
Oppunda hundred that was split between Flen and
Nyköping
Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County.
Including Arnö, the locality on the ...
municipalities. It also includes all of the former
Villåttinge hundred.
Geography
Flen Municipality is a lowland inland municipality that falls to above sea level on the lakes of
Långhalsen and Torpfjärden in the southeastern area. The highest peak is at on the tripoint between Flen,
Gnesta
Gnesta () is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Gnesta Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 5,562 inhabitants in 2010.
Gnesta is located in Södermanland, on the border to Stockholm County. As situated near the county boundary Gn ...
and
Strängnäs
Strängnäs is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, one of t ...
municipalities.
Localities
Figures from
Statistics Sweden
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, 2004.
*
Flen
Flen (local pronunciation ''Flén'') is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010.
Flen evolved as a railway junction and got the title of a city in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of ...
6,107
*
Malmköping
Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010.
Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen. It is a tourist attraction due to its many annual ma ...
2,006
*
Hälleforsnäs 1,737
*
Sparreholm 799
*
Skebokvarn 225
*
Mellösa
Mellösa (, locally ) is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. It had 535 inhabitants in 2010.
In 2001, Mellösa became the first book town in Sweden.
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sve ...
549
*
Bettna 410
*Vadsbro 118
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.
Elections
The following results are since the 1972 municipal reform onwards.
Riksdag
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References
External links
Flen Municipality- Official site
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Municipalities of Södermanland County