Vaxholm (municipality)
| Vaxholm municipality | |||||
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| State : | Sweden | ||||
| Province (län): | Stockholm County | ||||
| Historical Province (landskap): | Uppland | ||||
| Main place: | Vaxholm | ||||
| SCB code: | 0187 | ||||
| Residents : | 12,003 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
| Area : | 58.4 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
| Population density : | 205.7 inhabitants / km² | ||||
| Website : | www.vaxholm.se | ||||
| List of municipalities in Sweden | |||||
Coordinates: 59 ° 24 ' N , 18 ° 21' E
Vaxholm is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Stockholm County and the historic province of Uppland . The main town of the municipality is Vaxholm .
geography
The municipality of Vaxholm is located in the Stockholm archipelago . It consists of a total of 64 islands, the main island of which is Vaxön .
Bigger places
Others
The Ytterby mine , after which several chemical elements are named, is located in the municipality .
Personalities
- Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992), writer and politician
- Maria Gripe (1923–2007), writer
- Ingegerd Troedsson (1929–2012), politician
Web links
- Official website (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
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