Taby
Taby | ||||
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State : | Sweden | |||
Province (län): | Stockholm County | |||
Historical Province (landskap): | Uppland | |||
Municipalities : |
Taby Danderyd Sollentuna |
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Coordinates : | 59 ° 27 ' N , 18 ° 4' E | |||
Postal code : | 183 01 - 187 77 |
Täby [ 'tɛ: by: ] is a place in the Swedish province of Stockholm County and the historic province of Uppland .
Täby is the capital of the municipality of the same name in the greater Stockholm area , about 15 km north of the center of the capital . Before 2015, Täby was an independent crime scene with 61,272 inhabitants on 2,581 hectares , which extended to the territory of the municipality of Danderyd (5286 inhabitants on an area of 258 hectares) and a small part of the municipality of Sollentuna (7 inhabitants on 3 hectares) ( 2010). Täby has been part of the Stockholm crime scene since 2015.
history
The history of Taby goes back to the Viking Age . The small town was dominated by agriculture for 800 years.
With the inauguration of the railway line in 1885, population growth began. From 1907 Täby developed into a suburb of Stockholm. In 1912 the place had about 1,000 inhabitants. In 1948 Täby, now numbering 9,000 inhabitants, was elevated to köping ( market town ).
Townscape
In addition to residential areas with predominant development with single-family homes , which make up about half of the resort, located in Täby Sweden's longest apartment building , called Storstugan . It has seventeen floors and was built in 1970.
economy
Megger Group Limited , multinational corporation that manufactures electrical test and measurement instruments.
traffic
The European road E18 runs through Täby . The place is connected to Stockholm's public transport network with the Roslagsbanan railway line .
Culture and sport
music
- Mob 47 , hardcore punk band, formed in 1982
Attractions
- Täby Centrum , Sweden's second largest shopping center
Sports
- IK Frej , club for ice hockey and football
- STU Northside Bulls , American football club
Town twinning
Täby maintains partnership relationships with
- Rødovre Municipality , Denmark
- Viimsi , Estonia
- Träskända , Finland
- Lørenskog , Norway
- Reinbek , Germany
Personalities
Personalities associated with the city
- Suzie (1946–2008), singer, had a bar in Täby in the 1960s
- Andreas Wilson (* 1981 in Stockholm), actor, grew up in Täby
Web links
- Täby Municipality website (English, Swedish)
- Täby Församling (Swedish Church)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tatorter 2010 (PDF file; 2.85 MB) , information sheet from the Swedish statistical office SCB (Swedish)