Gnesta Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Gnesta kommun


county=Södermanland County
province=Södermanland
capital=Gnesta


arearank=178th
area=540.40
arealand=462.66
populationrank=219th
population=9,981
densityrank=168th
populationdensity=21.6
website=http://www.gnesta.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Gnesta Municipality ("Gnesta kommun") is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Municipality (of which it had been a part since 1974) was split up.

It is in the middle of the cultural Södermanland province. Although it only has around 10,000 permanent inhabitants, the population increases substantially in the summer due to the many summer houses.

Industry-wise, Gnesta mostly has small companies with few employed. There are about 800 registered companies in the municipality, and a "large" company would have 25-50 employees.

Localities

From Statistics Sweden, 2004.

*Gnesta has about 5,000 inhabitants
*Björnlunda 760
*Stjärnhov 573

ister cities

Gnesta has two sister cities, both with around 6,000 inhabitants:
*Saulkrasti, Latvia
*Sundsøre Municipality, Denmark

Politics

The local branch of the Left Party, a minority party in the Gnesta municipal assembly, has broken ties with the mother organization to form a party of their own, the Left Democrats.

External links

* [http://www.gnesta.se/ Gnesta Municipality] - Official site