Sollentuna (Municipality)

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Sollentuna municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Sollentuna Location of the municipality of Sollentuna
coat of arms Location in Stockholm County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Stockholm County
Historical Province (landskap): Uppland
Main place: no main town
SCB code: 0163
Residents : 73,857 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 55.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 1,322.9 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 191 02 - 192 81
Website : www.sollentuna.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 26 '  N , 17 ° 57'  E

Sollentuna kommunalhus, seat of the municipal administration
Edsberg Castle
Kungshögen or Kung Agnes Hög ground monument near the Sollentuna train station
Edsviken

Sollentuna is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Stockholm County and the historic province of Uppland .

geography

The landscape of Sollentuna is characterized by two large bodies of water: on the one hand the lake Norrviken and on the other the Baltic Sea bay Edsviken , which protrudes far into the country.

The localities of the municipality have now grown together to form a single residential area with an urban character. In this settlement today districts (or city districts) are distinguished. Due to this geographical situation, Sollentuna does not have a real main town, or it can be viewed as a main town as a whole. The community center is located in the Tureberg district, which also has the most residents.

There are the following districts:

  • Tureberg, 13,380 pop.
  • Rotebro, 8,632
  • Helenelund, 8.337
  • Edsberg, 8.039
  • Viby, 5,744
  • Sjöberg, 4.404
  • Häggvik, 4.289
  • Norrviken, 3,326
  • Vaxmora, 2.234
  • Järvafältet, 58

Five of these districts are located at railway stops where the suburban train stops. These are from south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (the station is called Sollentuna), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the other districts of Edsberg and Sjöberg are on the road to Danderyd . Another important road in the municipality is the road from Kallhäll to Rotebro and the motorway ( E4 ), which runs parallel to the railway line.

history

The community goes back to a parish ( socks ) , which was first mentioned in 1287 as de Solendatunum . The oldest parts of the church, which still exists today, date from the end of the 12th century. In 1863 the rural community of Sollentuna landskommun was established on the territory of Sollentuna socken .

Further development was decisively influenced by the construction of the railway line from Stockholm to Uppsala ( Norra stambanan ) by the municipality in the 1870s. In 1929 the more densely built-up part received the urban administrative status of a municipalsamhälle, and in 1944 the municipality was given the status of a minor town (köping) .

With the municipality reform of 1971 Sollentuna köping was transformed into one of the (today) 290 municipalities ( kommun ) in Sweden. In 1955, smaller parts of the minority community were transferred to the neighboring rural community to the west, today the municipality of Järfälla , while in 1980 the area was swapped between Sollentuna kommun and Stockholms kommun : the district of Hansta (now part of Rinkeby-Kista ) went to Stockholm, Silverdal came to Sollentuna.

Attractions

  • The burial grounds of Sollentuna and Edsängens are nearby.
  • In the nearby Södersätra is the rune stone U 101, one of the Jarlabankestenarna (RAÄ-Nr. Sollentuna 74: 1)
  • Edsbacka krog was a restaurant on the Edsviken Bay that was founded in 1629. For a long time it was the only restaurant in Sweden to be listed with two stars in the Michelin Guide . In 2010 the operator opened a bistro in the immediate vicinity, whereupon the restaurant was closed.
  • Edsberg Castle was built in rococo style in 1760 and is now used as a festival venue.
  • From the water tower on the Tunberg you have a view of the whole community.
  • The Järvafältet nature reserve is a popular recreational area and also has a lake with a bird watch tower.

Twin cities

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Sollentuna  - 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)