Södertälje Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Södertälje kommun


county=Stockholm County
province=Södermanland
capital=Södertälje


arearank=167th
area=611.45
arealand=525.57
populationrank=21st
population=81,791
densityrank=33rd
populationdensity=155.6
website=http://www.sodertalje.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Södertälje Municipality ("Södertälje kommun") is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Södertälje.

It borders to Lake Mälaren in the north and the Baltic Sea in the south, and to Nykvarn Municipality and Salem Municipality. Of the total population, close to 20,000 are Assyrian and Syriac immigrants arriving in this area since the late 1960s.

The municipality was created 1967–1971 through the amalgamation of the former "City of Södertälje" with large rural and suburban areas surrounding it. In 1999 it was split when a new entity, Nykvarn Municipality, was detached from Södertälje Municipality.

Localities

*Gnesta (minor part of)
*Hölö
*Järna
*Mölnbo
*Södertälje (seat)

Twin towns

Södertälje is twinned with:
* Angers, France, 1998 (Collaboration)

External links

* [http://www.sodertalje.se/ Södertälje Municipality] - Official site