Enköping (municipality)

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Enköping municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Enköping Location of the municipality of Enköping
coat of arms Location in Uppsala County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Uppsala län
Historical Province (landskap): Uppland
Main place: Enkoping
SCB code: 0381
Residents : 45,287 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1,323.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 34.2 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.enkoping.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 38 ′  N , 17 ° 6 ′  O Enköping is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Uppsala län and the historic province of Uppland . The main town of the municipality is Enköping .

geography

The community is located on the northern bank of the Mälaren . The European route 18 runs through them from Stockholm to Västerås .

history

There is a very well-preserved rock carving from the Bronze Age near the main town .

coat of arms

Description: Four golden lilies set in blue as a cross .

Bigger places

Web links

Commons : Enköping municipality  - collection of images, 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)