Vingåker (municipality)
Vingåker municipality | |||||
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State : | Sweden | ||||
Province (län): | Södermanland County | ||||
Historical Province (landskap): | Södermanland | ||||
Main place: | Vingåker | ||||
SCB code: | 0428 | ||||
Residents : | 9111 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
Area : | 439.5 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
Population density : | 20.7 inhabitants / km² | ||||
Website : | www.vingaker.se | ||||
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Coordinates: 59 ° 3 ′ N , 15 ° 52 ′ O Vingåker is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Södermanland County and the historic province of Södermanland . The main town of the municipality is Vingåker .
Other places are Baggetorp, Högsjö, Marmorbyn and other small towns. Reichsstrasse 52 and the main railway line ( Västra stambanan ) Stockholm - Gothenburg run through the municipality .
geography
The municipality is located on a plain that is an offshoot of the Sörmland Lake District. The municipality is used intensively for agriculture. There are several mansions in the community, including Säfstaholm Castle .
economy
Vingåker is a service community with remnants of a traditional textile industry and intensive agriculture . Around 25% of the working population work in industry and 4% in agriculture.
Town twinning
Vingåker maintains town twinning with Mühltal in Germany, Pühalepa in Estonia, Måsøy in Norway and Kiikala in Finland.
Web links
- Official website (Swedish)
- Official information about Vingåker in German
- Vingåker Homeland Association (Swedish)
- Documentaries from Vingåker (Swedish)
swell
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
- ^ Official website about town twinning in Vingåker. ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Swedish)