Ekerö (Municipality)

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Ekerö municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Ekerö Location of the municipality of Ekerö
coat of arms Location in Stockholm County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Stockholm County
Historical Province (landskap): Uppland
Main place: Ekerö
SCB code: 0125
Residents : 28,690 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 384.5 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 74.6 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.ekero.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 17 '  N , 17 ° 48'  E

Ekerö center
Drottningholm Palace
Iron Age barrows near Ekerö

Ekerö is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Stockholm County and the historic province of Uppland . The main town of the municipality is Ekerö .

geography

The municipality is located west of Stockholm in the middle of the Mälaren and consists of four large and several other smaller islands. Ekerön is also the name of the fourth largest island on Lake Mälaren and the second largest in the municipality on which the main town of Ekerö is located. It emerged during the post-glacial uplift from the three previously separate islands Ekerön, Kersön and Munsön and is characterized by forest-covered scree ridges . The other three larger islands are called Färingsö (Svartsjölandet), Lovön and Adelsön .

Attractions

The community is also known as the “island world of culture”, as there are many historical evidence on the islands, such as the former Viking settlement of Birka . The royal Drottningholm Palace is located on the island of Lovön .

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter , status 2010):

The islands of the municipality of Ekerö

  • Noble son
  • Björkö (with Birka )
  • Ekerön (with Ekerö, Munsön and Gällstaö)
  • Eldgarnsö
  • Estbröte
  • Fågelön
  • Färingsö (Svartsjölandet)
  • Helgö
  • Kärsön
  • Kungshatt
  • Kuron
  • Lovön (with Lindö)

There are also many other small islands.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Ekerö Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  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)
  3. ↑ see there: Vikingaberget Castle