Järfälla (municipality)

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Järfälla municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Järfälla Location of the municipality of Järfälla
coat of arms Location in Stockholm County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Stockholm County
Historical Province (landskap): Uppland
Main place: Jakobsberg
SCB code: 0123
Residents : 79,990 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 63 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 1,269.1 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 175 00 - 177 81
Website : www.jarfalla.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 26 '  N , 17 ° 50'  E

Kallhäll from the air
Görvälns Castle was the location for the film drama Evil in 2003

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

geography

The community is located on Lake Mälaren about 20 km northwest of Stockholm city ​​center. The area has a suburban character and is connected to Stockholm by a line of the suburban train , which takes about 20 minutes for the route.

history

Settlement of the area began in the Stone Age . There are still many archaeologically interesting ruins from this era to be found today. The Säby rune plate dates from the Viking Age .

The current church was built around 1200 after the Christianization of the population in the 11th century. In the Middle Ages the importance of the area increased, as several important roads led through the municipality. Between 1675 and 1905, the center of a larger administrative unit ( Harde ) was in the area of ​​today's municipality.

The coat of arms, the origins of which can be traced back to 1568, shows a lamb wearing the archbishop's golden double cross. It was supposed to symbolize that Järfälla is on the route between the capital Stockholm and the seat of the archbishop in Uppsala .

The greatest population growth took place between 1930 and 1940, when many middle-class families settled near the main town Jakobsberg.

places

All the settlements in the municipality have grown together over the years. They form an urban area that administratively belongs to the locality ( town ) Stockholm . The only exception is the small village-like place ( småort ) Lund. Larger districts are:

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Commons : Järfälla 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)