Finspång (commune)

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Finspång Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Finspång, with some 13,000 inhabitants.NatureThe municipality refers to itself as Sweden's most lake-dense municipality, with at least 170 named lakes. The municipality boasts that one can swim in a different lake each day of the year as there are 366 different ones.HistoryFinspång is a traditional industrial city. The first industries were established in 1580 when a Royal factory for cannon and cannon balls was supervised. The industry was to continue for 300 years under supervision of the Dutch-stemming family De Geer. By Louis de Geer (1622-1695), the Finspång Castle was constructed, and around it industries and an orangery developed into the city Finspång. Today the two main industrial areas are those of turbines and copper processing.LocalitiesFinspång (seat)RejmyreLotorpSonstorpFallaHällestadLjusfallshammarGrytgölIgelforsBorggårdButbroHävlaBränntorpByleKolstadLämmetorpLövlundPrästköp