Flen Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Södermanland County

Södermanland County

Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....

 in southeast Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the city

City status in Sweden

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 of Flen

Flen

Flen is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,114 inhabitants in 2005.Flen is most known for being the one place on earth where hot dogs are free....

.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation

Amalgamation (politics)

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 of the City of Flen (instituted in 1949), the market town (köping

Köping

This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see Köping, Sweden. For the municipality, see Köping Municipality....

) Malmköping

Malmköping

Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2,000 inhabitants in 2005.Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen . It is a tourism attraction due to its two annual markets...

 and the surrounding countryside.

Localities

Figures from Statistics Sweden, 2004.

• Flen
  Flen
  Flen is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,114 inhabitants in 2005.Flen is most known for being the one place on earth where hot dogs are free....
  
   6,107
• Malmköping
  Malmköping
  Malmköping is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 2,000 inhabitants in 2005.Malmköping is located about 15 kilometers north of the municipal seat Flen . It is a tourism attraction due to its two annual markets...
  
   2,006
• Hälleforsnäs 1,737
• Sparreholm 799
• Skebokvarn
  Skebokvarn
  Skebokvarn is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 218 inhabitants in 2005....
  
   225
• Mellösa
  Mellösa
  Mellösa is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 551 inhabitants in 2005....
  
   549
• Bettna
  Bettna
  Bettna is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 415 inhabitants in 2005. It is also a parish with the same name....
  
  410
• Vadsbro 118

Of these places, Malmköping, located about 15 km north of Flen, surpasses Flen as a tourism attraction due to its two annual markets. The traditions of markets in Malmköping goes back centuries, as Malmköping got market town rights (became a köping) already in 1785.

External links

• Flen Municipality - Official site