| Sollentuna kommun | |||
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| Country | Sweden | ||
| County | Stockholm County | ||
| Seat | Sollentuna | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Total | 58.322811 km2 (22.5 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 52.942811 km2 (20.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 5.38 km2 (2.1 sq mi) | ||
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | |||
| Population (June 30, 2010)[2] | |||
| • Total | 63,999 | ||
| • Density | 1,097.3/km2 (2,842.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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| ISO 3166 code | SE | ||
| Province | Uppland | ||
| Municipal code | 0163 | ||
| Website | www.sollentuna.se | ||
| Density is calculated using land area only. | |||
Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Sollentuna.
Sollentuna borders the municipalities of Solna, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Järfälla, Upplands Väsby, Täby and Danderyd in clockwise order starting to the south.
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Sollentuna municipality was founded in conjunction with the reform of local government in Sweden in 1863. However, its boundaries are equivalent to those of Sollentuna Parish, which dates back to the 12th century. Well into the 20th century, Sollentuna was a predominantly rural area.
Modern Sollentuna evolved around the railway between Uppsala and Stockholm, inaugurated in 1866. In fact, five of the eight districts that make up Sollentuna today, correspond to railway stations, now operated by commuter trains. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is named Sollentuna), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the 2 remaining districts - Edsberg and Sjöberg - are to be found along the road to Danderyd. Other roads into Sollentuna includes the road from Kallhäll to Rotebro and the motorway (E4) that approximates the same route as the railway.
Sollentuna received rights as a merchant town (köping) in 1944. It never got a charter, and köping status was made obsolete by the municipal reform of 1971.
Sollentuna Municipality has a municipal assembly with 61 members elected by proportional representation through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The assembly elects a municipal board, (kommunstyrelse) which is the municipality's main governing body, chaired by the Mayor (sw. kommunstyrelsens ordförande). The current mayor is Douglas Lithborn, of the Moderate Party.
In the 2010 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:
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In the 2006 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:
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In the 2002 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:
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Since 1995 the bulk of the built-up area of the municipality is statistically counted to the mulitimunicipal Stockholm urban area. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inh.) is in Täby urban area. Sjöberg is constituting a locality of its own.
The municipality is subdivided into the following districts:
Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes Norrviken and Edsviken -- the latter a bay of the Baltic Sea.
Edsviken and Norrviken are popular lakes for ice tour skating during the winter. The municipality plows a 15 km long skating track on Norrviken. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake.
Other lakes:
The municipality is twinned with:[3]
The following sports clubs are located in Sollentuna Municipality:
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