Kungsbacka
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Kungsbacka Municipality |
| County | Halland County |
| Province | Halland |
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| - Total | 9.64 km² (3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 17,784 |
| - Density | 1,845/km² (4,778.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Kungsbacka is a town in Halland in southwestern Sweden, and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County. The town has 17,784 inhabitants (2005), which is a minor part of the total municipal population of 71,000.
It is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, in part due to its simultaneous proximity to stunning countryside and the large city of Gothenburg.
The first records referring to Kungsbacka as a town date from the 15th century, when it was part of Denmark. By the time it was recognised as part of Sweden (1658), the river running through the town (pictured), on which some transportation of goods took place had almost overgrown, and despite pleas to restore its function, this did not occur. Some trade still took place from the coast, but the town's significance as a place of naval commerce lessened over the centuries. Today, it is however the home of over 2,000 businesses, and the river is still running through it.
An infamous fire in 1846 did however destroy the town centre, sparing only a little red wooden hut which is still standing today. In late 2006 another major fire affected the town centre, and construction works are currently ongoing to restore the loss of the wooden buildings.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
[edit] External links
- Kungsbacka Municipality - Official site
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Kungsbacka is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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