Enköping Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Enköpings kommun


county=Uppsala County
province=Uppland
capital=Enköping


arearank=82nd
area=1,330.19
arealand=1,184.05
populationrank=57th
population=38,486
densityrank=126th
populationdensity=32.5
website=http://www.enkoping.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

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

The present municipality consits of nearly forty original local government units. They were grouped into greater municipalities in 1952 and Enköping Municipality was created in 1971 when the "City of Enköping" was amalgamated with five surrounding units.

Localities

*Enköping (seat)
*Örsundsbro
*Fjärdhundra
*Grillby
*Hummelsta
*Lillkyrka

ister cities

*, Finland
*Ølstykke, Denmark (about to change due to the upcoming major municipality changes in Denmark)
*Nedre Eiker, Norway
*Jõgeva, Estonia

(Source: [http://www.enkoping.se/swwwing/app/cm/Browse.jsp?PAGE=66604] )

ports

The most successful sports team of the city has for several years been the football team Enköpings SK, with one peak season in the Swedish Premier Division (Allsvenskan) in 2003. Unfortunately, the team has now faced the harsh reality of sports and economics and will be playing in Division 2 in 2008. Their home arena is called Enavallen and is situated in downtown Enköping.

External links

* [http://www.enkoping.se/ Enköping Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.esk.nu/ Enköpings SK] - Official site