Gnesta ()
is a bimunicipal
locality
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* Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England
* Locality (linguistics)
* Locality (settlement)
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and the seat of
Gnesta Municipality
Gnesta Municipality (''Gnesta kommun'') is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants.
The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Munici ...
,
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 th ...
,
Sweden with 5,562 inhabitants in 2010.
Gnesta is located in Södermanland, on the border to
Stockholm County. As situated near the county boundary Gnesta is served by
Stockholm commuter rail which has a terminus here.
Gnesta is the location for the
2009 film adaptation of the
Stieg Larsson book ''
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in sv, Män som hatar kvinnor , lit=''Men Who Hate Women'') is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004). It was published posthumously in 2 ...
'', representing the fictional Hedestad and Hedeby Island.
References
Populated places in Södermanland County
Populated places in Stockholm County
Populated places in Gnesta Municipality
Populated places in Södertälje Municipality
Municipal seats of Södermanland County
Swedish municipal seats
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