Lerum

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Lerum
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Lerum
Lerum
Localization of Västra Götaland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Municipality  : Lerum
Coordinates : 57 ° 46 ′  N , 12 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 57 ° 46 ′  N , 12 ° 18 ′  E
SCB code : 4920
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 26,913 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 24.55 km²
Population density : 1096 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 443 30-443 92
List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County

Lerum is a locality ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of County of Västra Götaland and capital of the municipality of the same name . The place name is made up of the parts ler (clay) and um (home, courtyard, village).

Municipal administration in Lerum

The place is east of Gothenburg on the European route 20 and the railway line that connects Gothenburg with Stockholm . In the area where the rivers Säveån and Lerån meet, a village initially emerged that continued to expand. With the industrial revolution, Lerum developed into a commercial center. The settlement grew together with the places Stenkullen and Aspen , which had arisen at railway stops. With the expansion of Gothenburg in the second half of the 20th century, Lerum became more and more suburban.

The Lerums gymnasium school is centrally located in the city.

In 1987 a serious railway accident occurred near Lerum, in which two trains collided head-on at 100 km / h. Nine people died and 130 were injured.

Sons and daughters of the place

Footnotes

  1. a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)