Oxelösund Municipality

Oxelösund Municipality
Oxelösunds kommun
Municipality

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Oxelösund City Hall in June 2013

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Södermanland County
Seat Oxelösund
Area[1]
 • Total 746.54 km2 (288.24 sq mi)
 • Land 35.39 km2 (13.66 sq mi)
 • Water 711.15 km2 (274.58 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 11,752
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Södermanland
Municipal code 0481
Website www.oxelosund.se

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 City of Oxelösund, one of the last newly created cities of Sweden. The rest of Nikolai was incorporated into the neighbouring City of Nyköping. In 1971 the city became a unitary municipality without addition of territory, and it is with its 35.75 square kilometres (13.80 sq mi) one of Sweden's smallest municipalities.

Geography

It covers a peninsula in the Baltic Sea, and borders by land only to Nyköping Municipality.

Still marked by its industrial past, the politics is dominated by the Social Democratic Party, and the industry by the harbour and iron works.

International relations

Twin towns - Sister cities

Oxelösund is a member of the Douzelage, a unique town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[3][4] Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 2009-10-21.

Coordinates: 58°40′N 17°07′E / 58.667°N 17.117°E / 58.667; 17.117

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