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Kumla Train Station
Country	Sweden
Province	Närke
County	Örebro County
Municipality	Kumla Municipality
Area
• Total	7.79 km² (3.01 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	14,062

Kumla is an urban area in the county of Örebro in Sweden. It is the seat of Kumla Municipality. Kumla got the title of a city in 1942, but is since 1971 the seat of the larger Kumla Municipality.

Three of the four biggest lakes in the country are within an hour's drive from the town. It is also an unusually flat town, since it is situated in the middle of the so-called Närke Plain.

Traditionally Kumla was known as a shoemaker town with a history back to the first half of the 19th century. This history is shown in Kumla's Shoe Industry Museum, with a small-scale production of shoes.

Today the industry is dominated by the manufacturing of jam at Bob Industries and communication systems at an Ericsson industry.

The name Kumla is renowned for its prison (commonly known as 'The Bunker'), which is the largest prison in the country. Opened in 1965, it can currently allow 333 inmates, with a similarly large staff, and is designated for "difficult" inmates and for those at the start of a life-term sentence. It is one of three Swedish prisons housing the most notorious and dangerous inmates.

Images for kids

In 1920, Kumla was still a small town
"Absit Omen" artwork by Swedish artist Kent Karlsson placed on the permanent exhibition "Konst på hög" in Kumla
"Karyatid" by Richard Brixel, at the same exhibition

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