Tumba

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Tumba is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Botkyrka Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden with 37,852 inhabitants in 2010. A part of its statistical urban area, called Rönninge, is in Salem Municipality. The population is 35,311 (2005). The Swedish krona banknotes are printed by Crane AB at Tumba Bruk, in Tumba. Tumba is situated half-way between Stockholm and Södertälje and is considered a Stockholm suburb. In Tumba and Rönninge there are stations on the Stockholm commuter rail network.Tumba also holds a High School (Tumba gymnasium) with almost 1.000 students. The Alfa Laval company was founded in Tumba by Gustaf de Laval and remains present in the suburb, as does DeLaval, split from Alfa Laval in 1991. Tumba is very diverse with both high-rise apartment buildings and single-family houses. Tumba also has a shopping mall, Tumba Centrum, situated by the railway station.The melodic death metal band Amon Amarth is from Tumba.