- Flen Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Flens kommun
county=Södermanland County
province=Södermanland
capital=Flen
arearank=136th
area=830.59
arealand=722.04
populationrank=136th
population=16,222
densityrank=164th
populationdensity=22.5
website=http://www.flen.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Flen Municipality ("Flens kommun") is a municipality in
Södermanland County in southeastSweden . Its seat is located in the city ofFlen .The present municipality was formed in
1971 through the amalgamation of the "City of Flen" (instituted in1949 ), the market town ("köping ")Malmköping and the surrounding countryside.Localities
Figures from
Statistics Sweden , 2004.*
Flen 6,107
*Malmköping 2,006
*Hälleforsnäs 1,737
*Sparreholm 799
*Skebokvarn 225
*Mellösa 549
*Bettna 410
*Vadsbro 118Of 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
* [http://www.flen.se/ Flen Municipality] - Official site
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