Eskilstuna Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Södermanland County

Södermanland County

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 in southeast Sweden

Sweden

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, between the lake

Lake

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s Mälaren

Mälaren

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 and Hjälmaren

Hjälmaren

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. Its seat is located in the city

City status in Sweden

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 of Eskilstuna

Eskilstuna

Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population....

.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Eskilstuna, the City of Torshälla

Torshälla

Torshälla is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 7,614 inhabitants in 2005.Torshälla is for historical reasons normally referred to as a stad even though it does not have a population of 10,000 which is the limit defined by Statistics Sweden.Before the...

and five rural municipalities were amalgamated.

Localities

• Alberga
  Alberga
  Alberga is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 410 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Borsökna
• Bälgviken
  Bälgviken
  Bälgviken is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 260 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Eskilstuna
  Eskilstuna
  Eskilstuna is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 60,185 inhabitants in 2005. Eskilstuna has a large Sweden Finn population....
  
   (seat)
• Hållsta
  Hållsta
  Hållsta is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 804 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Hällberga
  Hällberga
  Hällberga is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 625 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Hällbybrunn
  Hällbybrunn
  Hällbybrunn is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,374 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Kjulaås
  Kjulaås
  Kjulaås is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 851 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Mesta
• Kvicksund
  Kvicksund
  Kvicksund is a bimunicipal locality situated in Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County and Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County in Sweden with 1,714 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the shores of Lake Mälaren. Kvicksund is mainly situated in two different areas, one on the southern...
  
   (partly in Västerås Municipality
  Västerås Municipality
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  )
• Skogstorp
  Skogstorp, Eskilstuna
  Skogstorp is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2,803 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Torshälla
  Torshälla
  Torshälla is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 7,614 inhabitants in 2005.Torshälla is for historical reasons normally referred to as a stad even though it does not have a population of 10,000 which is the limit defined by Statistics Sweden.Before the...
  
  
• Tumbo
  Tumbo
  Tumbo is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 295 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Ärla
  Ärla
  Ärla is a locality situated in Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,281 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
  

Twin towns - sister cities

Eskilstuna is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Esbjerg, Denmark Fjarðabyggð

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, Iceland Haapsalu

Haapsalu

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, Estonia Jūrmala

Jurmala

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, Latvia Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä

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, Finland Stavanger

Stavanger

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, Norway Erlangen

Erlangen

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, Germany Luton

Luton

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, England Gatchina

Gatchina

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, Russia Lviv

Lviv

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, Ukraine Brigetown

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, USA Usangi, Tanzania Linyi

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, China

External links

• Eskilstuna Municipality - Official site