Spikes

This article is about the fishing village. For other meanings, see Spiken (disambiguation) .

Spikes
Spikes
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap):	Västergötland
Municipality  :	Lidköping
Coordinates :	58 ° 41 ′  N , 13 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 41 ′  N , 13 ° 12 ′  E
SCB code :	S5533
Status:	Småort
Residents :	95 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	0.5 km²
Population density :	190 inhabitants / km²

Spiken is a fishing village in the Swedish municipality of Lidköping . It is located on the north shore of the island of Kållandsö in Lake Vänern about 25 kilometers north of the city of Lidköping . The Statistiska centralbyrån , together with the Torp south of the interior of the island, has identified Spiken as Småort Spiken och Torp , whose population (as of 2015) was 95 on an area of ​​50 hectares.

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Spiken, which is several hundred years old as a fishing village, is one of the largest inland sea fishing ports in Europe. It is the home port for almost all professional fishermen in Lake Vänern. The main catches are whitefish , pike , pikeperch and perch (around 100 tons per year per fish species), but also salmon and others. The most important fish is but the whitefish , the exclusive due to their very popular in Sweden roe (löjrom) caught about 200 tons annually.

Spiken, which is only a few kilometers away from Läckö Castle , has also become a popular excursion destination in recent decades.

There is also a 10 hectare nature reserve on the northeast edge of the village.

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorter 2015, byggnader, areal, överlapp tatorter, coordinater (Excel file)