Håbo Municipality

Håbo Municipality Håbo kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Uppsala County
Seat	Bålsta
Area[1]
• Total	186.47 km2 (72.00 sq mi)
• Land	143.75 km2 (55.50 sq mi)
• Water	42.72 km2 (16.49 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (December 31, 2014)[2]
• Total	20,034
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0305
Website	www.habo.se

Håbo Municipality (Swedish: Håbo kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bålsta.

The municipality was formed in connexion with the local government reform of 1952.

Localities

• Bålsta (seat)
• Slottsskogen

Since 2001, the municipality is connected with the Stockholm commuter rail system by an extension to Bålsta. Coming with this, Bålsta now also offers interchange to regional railways, similar to Märsta, Sundbyberg and Kungsängen.

See also

• Håbo Hundred
• Because diacritics are often dropped on the English oriented Internet, Habo is sometimes confused with Håbo Municipality, located in the province of Uppland (near Stockholm).

References

External links

• Håbo Municipality - Official site

Municipalities and seats of Uppsala County Municipalities Älvkarleby Enköping Håbo Heby Knivsta Östhammar Tierp Uppsala Municipal seats Bålsta Enköping Heby Knivsta Östhammar Skutskär Tierp Uppsala Counties of Sweden Sweden

Coordinates: 59°35′N 17°30′E / 59.583°N 17.500°E / 59.583; 17.500

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