Eskilstuna Municipality

Eskilstuna kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Södermanland County
Seat	Eskilstuna
Area[1]
• Total	1,250.49 km^2 (482.82 sq mi)
• Land	1,099.87 km^2 (424.66 sq mi)
• Water	150.62 km^2 (58.15 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
• Total	101,170
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Södermanland
Municipal code	0484
Website	www.eskilstuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Eskilstuna Municipality (Eskilstuna kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden, between the lakes Mälaren and Hjälmaren. Its seat is located in the city of Eskilstuna.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Eskilstuna, the City of Torshälla and five rural municipalities were amalgamated.

Localities

• Alberga
• Borsökna
• Bälgviken
• Eskilstuna (seat)
• Hållsta
• Hällberga
• Hällbybrunn
• Kjulaås
• Mesta
• Kvicksund (partly in Västerås Municipality)
• Skogstorp
• Torshälla
• Tumbo
• Ärla

Twin towns - Sister cities

Eskilstuna is twinned with:^[3]

• Bridgeton, New Jersey, United States
• Erlangen, Germany
• Esbjerg, Denmark
• Fjarðabyggð, Iceland
• Gatchina, Russia
• Haapsalu, Estonia
• Jūrmala, Latvia^[4]
• Jyväskylä, Finland
• Linyi, China
• Luton, United Kingdom
• Lviv, Ukraine
• Mysore, India
• Stavanger, Norway
• Usangi, Tanzania

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
3. Eskilstuna kommun - Internationellt - Vänorter
4. "Sadraudzības pilsētas". jurmala.lv. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (Latvian) (English)

External links

• Eskilstuna Municipality - Official site

Coordinates: 59°22′N 16°31′E / 59.367°N 16.517°E