Botkyrka (municipality)
Botkyrka municipality | |||||
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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 | ||||
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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
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
- Official website (Swedish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)