Hallsberg Municipality

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Hallsbergs kommun
Hallsberg vapen.svg
County Örebro County
Province Närke
Seat Hallsberg
Hallsberg Municipality in Örebro County.png
Population
 • Total
146th of 290
15,268 inhabitants
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
 • Water area
154th of 290
673.84 km²
640.15 km²
Density
 • Total
159th of 290
23.85 inhabitants/km²
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Website www.hallsberg.se
Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007

Hallsberg Municipality (Hallsbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hallsberg.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Hallsberg was amalgamated with adjacent municipalities. A series of amalgamations had taken place in the area in 1952, 1963 and 1967.

[edit] Localities

[edit] Twin towns

Hallsberg's three twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1946) Toijala, Finland Finland
  2. (1991) Valga, Estonia Estonia
  3. (1996) Gifhorn, Germany Germany

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Coordinates: 59°04′N 15°07′E / 59.067°N 15.117°E / 59.067; 15.117