Kumla Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Örebro County

Örebro County

Örebro County is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland.- Province :...

 in central Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is located in the city of Kumla

Kumla

Kumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 20 456 inhabitants in 2010.-History:Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century....

.

The present municipality was formed during the latest nation-wide local government reform in Sweden, with the amalgamations

Amalgamation (politics)

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 taking place in 1966 and 1971.

With 207 km² it is the smallest municipality in Örebro County

Örebro County

Örebro County is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland.- Province :...

.

Localities

• Ekeby
  Ekeby, Kumla
  Ekeby is a locality situated in Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 345 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Hällabrottet
  Hällabrottet
  Hällabrottet is a locality situated in Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 1,806 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Kumla
  Kumla
  Kumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 20 456 inhabitants in 2010.-History:Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century....
  
   (seat)
• Kvarntorp
• Sannahed
  Sannahed
  Sannahed is a locality situated in Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 419 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Åbytorp
  Åbytorp
  Åbytorp is a locality situated in Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 746 inhabitants in 2005.-External links:*...
  
  

Twin towns

Kumla's three twin towns

Town twinning

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 with the year of its establishing:

1. (1968) Frederikssund
   Frederikssund
   Frederikssund Kommune is a municipality on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. On 1 January 2007, the municipality was enlarged to include the old Jægerspris, Slangerup, and Skibby municipalities. It now covers an area of 260 km² and...
   
   , Denmark
   Denmark
   Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
   
     
2. (1981) Sipoo
   Sipoo
   Sipoo is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Nikkilä/Nickby.It is the eastern neighbour of Helsinki and is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
   
    (Sibbo), Finland
   Finland
   Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
   
     
3. (1988) Aurskog-Høland
   Aurskog-Høland
   Aurskog-Høland is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjørkelangen.- Name :...
   
   , Norway
   Norway
   Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
   
    

External links

• Kumla Municipality - Official site