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Finspång Municipality

Coordinates: 58°42′N 15°48′E / 58.700°N 15.800°E / 58.700; 15.800
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Finspång Municipality
Finspångs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Finspång Municipality
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountyÖstergötland County
SeatFinspång
Area
[1]
 • Total1,215.05 km2 (469.13 sq mi)
 • Land1,055.28 km2 (407.45 sq mi)
 • Water159.77 km2 (61.69 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total21,694
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÖstergötland
Municipal code0562
Websitewww.finspong.se
Finspång castle

Finspång Municipality (Finspångs kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Finspång, with some 13,000 inhabitants.

Nature

The municipality refers to itself as Sweden's most lake-dense municipality, with at least 170 named lakes. The municipality boasts that one can swim in a different lake each day of the year as there are 366 different ones.

History

Finspång is a traditional industrial city. The first industries were established in 1580 when a Royal factory for cannon and cannon balls was supervised. The industry was to continue for 300 years under supervision of the Dutch-stemming family De Geer. By Louis de Geer (1622-1695), the Finspång Castle was constructed, and around it industries and an orangery developed into the city Finspång. Today the two main industrial areas are those of turbines and copper processing.

Localities

Twin towns

Finspång Municipality has formal twin town treaties with three cities. These treaties were signed in 1967.

Today there is no contact with Stromberg or Givet, and contact was broken with Yvoir before being reestablished in 1997.

Finspång also has (informally) established cooperation with seven other cities:

(Source and more information: [1] Template:Sv icon)

Notable people born in Finspång

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Finspång Municipality:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

58°42′N 15°48′E / 58.700°N 15.800°E / 58.700; 15.800

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