Oxelösund (Municipality)

Oxelösund municipality
coat of arms Location in Södermanland County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Södermanland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Södermanland
Main place:	Oxelösund
SCB code:	0481
Residents :	11,983 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	35.6 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	336.7 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.oxelosund.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 58 ° 40 '  N , 17 ° 7'  O Oxelösund is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Södermanland County and the historical province Södermanland . The main town of the municipality is Oxelösund .

geography

The municipality is one of the smallest municipalities in Sweden with 33 km². It lies with its archipelago and beaches in the Baltic Sea and only borders on land to the municipality of Nyköping .

history

A port has been in Oxelösund for at least 500 years. When the mining of the ore industry in Bergslagen increased in the 19th century , Oxelösund became a transport port to ship the steel / iron products. The community was connected to the Swedish railway network in 1873 . When the new steelworks were built in the early 1920s , the old town center of Oxelösund was torn down to make room, and a completely new city center was created.

economy

About 2,500 people are employed by the steel processing group SSAB Oxelösund , which exports 90 percent of its goods to Germany.

Web links

Commons : Gemeinde Oxelösund  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)