Huddinge Municipality
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| County | Stockholm County |
| Province | Södermanland |
| Seat | Huddinge |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
269th of 290 141.48 km² 131.34 km² |
| Population • Total |
17th of 290 90,182 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
13th of 290 686.6 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.huddinge.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
Huddinge Municipality (Huddinge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge, which is a part of Stockholm urban area.
The municipality is the second most populated in Stockholm County.
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[edit] Geography
The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills, or lakes, and it contains seven nature reserves.
Huddinge borders the following municipalities: Stockholm Municipality, Ekerö Municipality (by water), Botkyrka Municipality, Haninge Municipality and Tyresö Municipality (by water).
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[edit] Demography
Huddinge has a total population of roughly 90,000, or 4.5% of the population of Stockholm County. The average age is 36.7 years, but one-third of the population is under 25 years of age. This means that Huddinge has a slightly younger population than both Stockholm County (38.9 years) and the whole country (40.6 years). The population density of the municipality is increasing significantly. Since the 1960s, the population has doubled in size and is currently among the 17 largest municipalities in Sweden.
[edit] Localities
- Stockholm urban area (part of) 86,802 inh.
- Vidja 633 inh.
- Rural areas 2,465 inh.
[edit] Public transport
Huddinge is served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are two stations on the Stockholm Metro and five on the Stockholm commuter rail system as well as large bus network. Some main line train call at Flemingsberg.
[edit] History
It is believed that the history of Huddinge goes back at least 1,000 years, to before the Viking Age. When hostile ships approached the community, the inhabitants of Huddinge would climb to high locations and light beacons. Beacons were located around the entirety of Lake Mälaren. Huddinge's coat of arms has its origins in this tradition. The name Huddinge is believed to come from the Uddung's - the first inhabitants in this area, which during the Iron Age lived on the shores of Lake Mälaren nearby Vårby.
[edit] Subdivisions
Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six districts:
- Skogås/Trångsund (pop. 22,223)
- Sjödalen/Fullersta (pop. 18,439)
- Stuvsta/Snättringe (pop. 14,879)
- Flemingsberg (pop. 12,682)
- Segeltorp (pop. 10,507)
- Vårby (pop. 9,271), including Masmo
There are four territorial parishes of the Church of Sweden within the municipality: Huddinge, Trångsund, Flemingsberg and St. Mikael.
[edit] Culture
The municipality contains six public libraries, Södertörn University College and one of the campuses for Karolinska Institutet.
Kungens Kurva is one of Sweden's largest shopping areas. It hosts, among other things, the largest IKEA store in the world, the largest cinema in the country, and a large shopping centre. In total, it generates a turnover of 6 billion Swedish krona and has 15 million visitors per year.
[edit] Split into two municipalitues
After years of debate a vote is planned in 2008 regarding a split of Huddinge into two different municipalitues named in published documents as Huddinge and Huddinge östra ("Huddinge East"). The intention with a split is to make the eastern part of Huddinge it's own municipality after years of protests from inhabitants.[3] Due to large protests it was decided in 2007 to hold a vote regarding the split. However it was proposed that only the inhabitants of eastern Huddinge would be allowed to vote. This has caused a major political split of oppinions as the political opposition wants to see a vote.[4] At least 60% of the inhabitants of eastern Huddinge must vote yes for the split to be performed.
[edit] Twin Cities
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Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark |
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Vanda, Finland |
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Nuuk, Greenland |
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Seyðisfjörður, Iceland |
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Askim, Norway |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Huddinge Municipality, Huddinges naturreservat
- ^ Huddinge Municipality, Sjöar och vattendrag
- ^ Nya kommunerna efter delning - Huddinge kommun
- ^ Huddinges invånare kan få folkomrösta om delning
[edit] References
- Nature reserves of Huddinge (Swedish). Huddinge Municipality. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
- Sjöar och vattendrag (Swedish). Huddinge Municipality. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
[edit] External link
- Huddinge Municipality - Official site
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