Rekarne () is the historical name for the north-western part of the

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Södermanland Södermanland ( or ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form ''Sudermannia'' or ''Sudermania'', is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanla ...

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. It constitutes the lands on both sides of river

Eskilstunaån Eskilstunaån (''Eskilstuna River'') is a small river in Sweden, length 32 km, running through the city of Eskilstuna and the town of Torshälla in Södermanland County. The river drains Lake Hjälmaren into Lake Mälaren Mälaren ( , , ...

between

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and

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and approximately corresponds to the present day

Eskilstuna Municipality Eskilstuna Municipality ( sv, Eskilstuna kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden, between Lake Mälaren and Lake Hjälmaren. The seat of the municipality is in the city of Eskilstuna. The present municipality was for ...

. Historically, Rekarne was from the mid-14th century for administrative purposes divided into: * West Rekarne

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* East Rekarne

and the chartered towns of

Torshälla Torshälla () is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 7,612 inhabitants in 2010. It is mainly known for steel manufacturing, centered on the Nyby Bruk steel mill, and also for its historic old town cen ...

(est. 1317) and

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(1659). Since the large administrative reforms of the mid-20th century, leading to the establishment of Eskilstuna Municipality within its current borders in 1971, the name ''Rekarne'' no longer carries any administrative significance, but survives in some local place names, the name of the local ''Sparbanken Rekarne'' bank and the ''Rekarnegymnasiet'' upper secondary school. The railway station ''Rekarne'' in Tumbo only exists as a siding today. Some localities in the area, like Husby-Rekarne, carry the ''Rekarne'' name to distinguish them from other similarly named localities in Sweden. The locality named ''Rekarne'' next to the Rekarne railway station was redefined under the name '' Tumbo'' by

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in 1990.

References

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