Sollentuna Municipality

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**Sollentuna Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Image:Svcmap stockholm.png The municipality and seat in Stockholm County Image:Sollentuna Municipality in Stockholm.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Sollentuna City Arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Sollentuna:
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	County	Stockholm County
	Province	Uppland
	Area Rank	53.26 km² 83rd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	58,897 34h of 290
	Density	1105/km²

This page deals with both Sollentuna Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Sollentuna

Sollentuna municipality is a Municipality in Stockholm County, in central Sweden. Sollentuna borders the municipalities of Solna, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Järfälla, Upplands Väsby, Täby and Danderyd in clockwise order starting to the south.

The current mayor of Sollentuna Municipality is Torbjörn Rosdahl, of the Moderate Party.

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History

Sollentuna evolved around the railway between Uppsala and Stockholm which is also obvious when looking at the 8 different districts that make up sollentuna. 5 of those corresponds 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, but was made a municipality with the reform of 1971.

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Geography

The towns in Sollentuna have grown together into one town. Instead the municipality is subdivided into districts. They are:

Tureberg, 13 380 inh.
Rotebro, 8 632
Helenelund, 8,337
Edsberg, 8,039
Viby, 5,744
Sjöberg, 4,404
Häggvik, 4,289
Norrviken, 3,326
Vaxmora, 2 234
Järvafältet, 58

Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes Norrviken and Edsviken -- the latter a bay of the baltic sea.

Norrviken is a popular lake for ice skating during the winter. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake.

Other lakes:

Fjäturen
Ravalen
Rösjön
Väsjön
Översjön
Snuggan
Djupan

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Sister cities

Sollentuna has four sister cities:

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Sights

Edsbacka krog, located by Edsbacka lake and founded already in 1634, is the only Swedish restaurant with two stars in the Michelin Guide.
Edsbergs slott was built in rococo 1760. Its 400 km² can be rented.

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