Oxelösund is a
locality
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and the seat of
Oxelösund Municipality
Oxelösund Municipality (''Oxelösunds kommun'') is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Oxelösund.
In 1950 the ''Nikolai Rural municipality'' was dissolved. One part formed the then ''Ci ...
in
Södermanland County,
Sweden
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with 11,488 inhabitants in 2018.
It is located less than south from the city centre of its larger neighbour
Nyköping
Nyköping () is a 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 southern shore of the ...
, with the two urban areas forming a wider agglomeration of nearly 50,000 people.
History
The harbour at Oxelösund has been used for at least 500 years. In the 19th century, an increased extraction from the
mining district of Central Sweden (e.g. ''Bergslagen''), made Oxelösund a harbour of transport. A local railroad company was established in 1873, and bought virtually the entire peninsula which at the time belonged to the estates of the Stjärnholm Castle.
An
iron works was constructed in 1913, and the community Oxelösund expanded, with the harbour, rail road and iron works being its cornerstones.
In 1950, the city was sufficiently developed to get the title of a city and was one of the last towns to receive
city status in Sweden
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. Since 1971 this status is obsolete, but Oxelösund is the seat of a municipality with the same territory, one of the smallest in the country.
In November 2011, Oxelösund hosted the Nordic Under-21 Championships in
underwater rugby.
Femöre battery is located near the area.
Companies
*
SSAB, Swedish steel.
Climate
Oxelösund has a hybrid between a
maritime
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and
humid continental climate
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, with moderated patterns which stem from its position at the head of a peninsula, with the weather station facing the open sea. In much of the urban area and up the peninsula the climate is somewhat more prone to swings, something intensifying farther north as in
Nyköping
Nyköping () is a 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 southern shore of the ...
.
References
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Municipal seats of Södermanland County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Södermanland County
Populated places in Oxelösund Municipality
Coastal cities and towns in Sweden
Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea
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