Enköping
Enköping | |
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 Enköping in November 2008 | |
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UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 745 xx |
| Area code | (+46) 171 |
| Website | Official website |
Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018.[1]
Geography
Enköping is situated near Lake Mälaren, about 78 km west of Stockholm. A comparably large number of
Swedish cities are located in the vicinity of Enköping. The municipal slogan is therefore "Sweden's Closest City". This expression was created in 1965 when it was discovered by a local business that within a radius
of 120 kilometers, one finds 38 Swedish cities and a third of Sweden's population.
History
Suecia antiqua et hodierna
.Near Enköping, there is some of the best preserved
Ledningsregementet
(LedR).
Notable people
- Amelia Andersdotter
- Snoh Aalegra, singer
- Elin Lanto, singer[2]
- Lars (archbishop)is buried in the monastery there.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Enköping:
- Enköpings SK
- Enköpings RK
Twin towns – sister cities
Enköping is
twinned
with:
Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines
References
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jeffrey de Hart, 'Crying Fame', in Billboard dated 20 November 2004, Vol. 116, No. 47, p. 77
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enköping.
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