Kumla

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kumla


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Kumla Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Örebro County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Närke
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 7.21
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 13,033
population_density_km2 = 1808
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=59 |latm=07 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=15 |longm=08 |longs= |longEW=E
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Kumla is a town (pop. 13,000) in Närke, Sweden and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County.

History

Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century.

Kumla got the title of a city in 1942, but is since 1971 the seat of the larger Kumla Municipality.

Today

Today the industry is dominated by the manufacturing of jam at BOB industries, and communication systems at an Ericsson industry.

Notability

Today the name Kumla is renowned for its prison ("the Kumla Institution", or "Kumlaanstalten"), which is the largest prison in the country. Opened in 1965, it can currently allow 257 inmates, with a similarly large staff, and is designated for "difficult" inmates and for those at the start of a life term sentence. It is one of three Swedish prisons housing the most notorious and dangerous inmates.

ee also

*Swedish National Prison and Probation Administration

References