Botkyrka (municipality)

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Botkyrka municipality
Coat of arms of the Botkyrka municipality Location of the municipality of Botkyrka
coat of arms Location in Stockholm County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Stockholm County
Historical Province (landskap): Södermanland
Main place: Tumba
SCB code: 0127
Residents : 94,606 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 209.6 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 451.5 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.botkyrka.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 12 ′  N , 17 ° 49 ′  O Botkyrka is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Stockholm County and the historic province of Södermanland . The main town of the municipality is Tumba .

economy

Around 4,000 companies with around 20,000 jobs operate in Botkyrka. The largest employer with around 5,800 employees is the municipality itself. The unemployment rate is given as 4.6%.

Of the 30,700 residential units in the municipality, around 20,000 are apartments and 10,700 are single-family houses.

politics

Politically, the community is dominated by social democrats . There is a local party, the Botkyrkapartiet .

Attractions

Relief stone at the Botkyrka kyrka
Botkyrka kyrka.
Prefabricated building in Fittja.

Among the sights of the municipality are, for example, the church ( Botkyrka kyrka ) from 1176 with a winged altar built around 1525 and the Sturehov Castle .

The Slagsta rock carving, discovered in 1971, is the largest Bronze Age rock carving in Stockholm County.

Bigger places

Twin cities

The twin cities / municipalities of Botkyrka are:

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Botkyrka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)