Kumla

	Kumla
	Kumla
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Örebro län
Historical Province (landskap):	Nark
Municipality :	Kumla
Coordinates :	59 ° 8 ′ N , 15 ° 8 ′ E Coordinates: 59 ° 8 ′ N , 15 ° 8 ′ E
SCB code :	6020
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	16,663 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	11.21 km²
Population density :	1486 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Örebro County

Kumla is a city in the Swedish province of Örebro County and the historic province of Närke . It is located about 15 km south of Örebro on European route 20 .

To the southeast lies the cemetery of Lekebacken .

Sweden's largest prison, the Kumlaanstalten, is located in the main town of the municipality of the same name . The IFK Kumla plays in the third Swedish football league.

The surroundings of Kumla from the 1960s provide the local framework for some novels (such as And Piccadilly Circus is not in Kumla and Kim Novak never bathed in the Sea of Galilee ) by the Swedish author Håkan Nesser .

The walkable Kvarntorper Halde houses an art exhibition and is used for sports.

sons and daughters of the town

Håkan Nesser (* 1950), writer
Peter Stormare (born 1953), actor
Fredrik Ekblom (* 1970), racing car driver
Mattias Jonson (* 1974), soccer player
Pierre Bengtsson (* 1988), football player
Marcus Ericsson (* 1990), racing car driver

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↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)