Pukavik

Pukavik
Pukavik
Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°41′E / 56.167°N 14.683°E / 56.167; 14.683Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°41′E / 56.167°N 14.683°E / 56.167; 14.683
Country Sweden
Province Blekinge
County Blekinge County
Municipality Sölvesborg Municipality
and Karlshamn Municipality
Area[1]
  Total 0.61 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
  Total 279
  Density 459/km2 (1,190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Pukavik is a bimunicipal locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 279 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Of Pukavik's 279 inhabitants, 157 live in Sölvesborg Municipality and 126 in Karlshamn Municipality, both in Blekinge County.

Historically Pukavik served as a shipbuilding center, constructing trading vessels suited to the ice and storms of the Baltic.

Several noted wooden sailing vessels were built in Pukavik. These include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. Maltaconferences.com Black Pearl Restaurant page. Retrieved June 3, 2005.
  3. Maritime Virtual History Archives Yngve page. Retrieved June 3, 2005.
  4. Beken of Cowes Sailing Ships of the World, Erik C. Abranson, Reeds Nautical Books, 1992, p. 22.
  5. Build completion date may be 1948, available references disagree.
  6. Maritime Britain Square Sail Shipyard page. Retrieved June 3, 2005.
  7. BBC Cumbria Features Tall Ships - Earl of Pembroke page. Retrieved June 3, 2005.
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