Vingåker (municipality)

Vingåker municipality
coat of arms Location in Södermanland County
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
List of municipalities in Sweden

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

Church in Vingåker

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

Commons : Vingåker Municipality  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish)
• Official information about Vingåker in German
• Vingåker Homeland Association (Swedish)
• Documentaries from Vingåker (Swedish)

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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)
3. ^ 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)