Nora Municipality

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**Nora Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Nora
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	County	Örebro County
	Province	Västmanland
	Area Rank	622 km² 152nd of 290
	Population Rank (2003)	10,523 of 290
	Density	17/km²

Nora Municipality is a Municipality, in Örebro County, in central Sweden. Its seat is in the Swedish city of Nora with 6,398 inhabitants.

1 Geography
2 Sister cities
3 See also
4 Other uses
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Geographically, Nora is situated by the Nora lake.

Nora received its charter in 1643. The government had requested the inhabitants of both Nora and the adjacent town Lindesberg to move together into a newly chartered city called Järle. However, the government proved unsuccessful, and instead granted both Nora and Lindesberg independent charters at that year.

Nora cirka 1700, in Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

Many wooden houses built in the 18th and 19th century have been spared by fires and demolition, making the town Nora one of Sweden's best preserved wooden towns. Eksjö and Hjo are two other example, and they have together with Nora initiated a wooden-town development project. As part of the old city structure are cobbled street with small houses and shops by small windling street. "Så liten stad, så mycket smak" (Small town, much flavor/taste) Anna Maria Lenngren, Swedish author.