Vaxholm Municipality
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| Vaxholms kommun | |
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| County | Stockholm County |
| Province | Uppland |
| Seat | Vaxholm |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
281st of 290 58.76 km² 58.06 km² |
| Population • Total |
207th of 290 10,440 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
29th of 290 179.8 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.vaxholm.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
Vaxholm Municipality (Vaxholms kommun or Vaxholms stad) is a municipality within Stockholm archipelago in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm – the capital of the archipelago", due to its central locatation in the archipelago. Its seat is located in the city of Vaxholm.
Vaxholm was in the period 1974-1984 united with Österåker Municipality, making up a municipality called Vaxholm, but with the seat in Åkersberga. After the "divorce" the new Vaxholm Municipality came out larger than it had been before the amalgamation. The municipality prefers to style itself City of Vaxholm.
64 islets are in the municipality, and also the peninsula Bogesundslandet.
[edit] Localities
- Kullö, 201 inhabitants (2000)
- Oskar-Fredriksborg, 692 inhabitants (2000)
- Resarö, 2,079 inhabitants (2000)
- Vaxholm, 4,887 inhabitants (2000)
- Ytterby (mine), a renowned village
[edit] Industry
The municipality has a significant amount of tourism. Ships transporting passengers between the islands began running on a daily basis in the 1850s. Today, many of islands (among them the main island Vaxholm) can also be reached be bridges from the mainland.
[edit] External links
- Vaxholm Municipality - Official site
- Vaxholm official tourism - In Swedish, English and German
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