Oxelösund Municipality

Oxelösunds kommun
County	Södermanland County
Province	Södermanland
Seat	Oxelösund
Sweden with Södermanland County highlighted Oxelösund in Södermanland county
Area  • Total area  • Land area	284th of 290 35 km²
Population  • Total	193 of 290 11,273 inh
Density  • Total	317 inh/km²
Website
Population as of 2005

Oxelösund Municipality (Oxelösunds kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County, in central Sweden. It borders by land to Nyköping Municipality.

In 1950 a the Nikolai Rural municipality was dissolved. One part formed the then City of Oxelösund, one of the last newly created cities of Sweden. The rest of Nikolai was incorporated into the neighbouring City of Nyköping. In 1971 the city became a unitary municipalty without addition of territory, and it is with 33.7 km² one of Sweden's smallest.

Geography

It covers a peninsula in the Baltic Sea, and borders by land only to Nyköping Municipality.

Still marked by its industrial past, the politics is dominated by the Social Democratic Party, and the industry by the harbour and iron works.

External links

• Oxelösund - Official site

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