Enköping
Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden, with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Official Name — Enköping • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — Enköping Municipality • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Uppsala County • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Uppland • Established Title — Founded • Established Date — 1300 • Area Total Km2 — 10.67 • Population As Of — 31 December 2020 • Population Total — 25,071 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Elevation M — 16 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 745 xx • Area Code — (+46) 171 • Website — www.enkoping.se
Geography
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 a local business discovered that 38 Swedish cities and a third of Sweden's population were within a radius of 120 kilometers of Enköping.
History
History
• Illustration — Enköping circa 1700, from Suecia antiqua et hodierna. Near Enköping, there is some of the best preserved rock art from the Bronze Age present in central Sweden. The city of Enköping itself dates its history back to the 13th century but the city itself did not emerge until about 1250. Enköping was then as now situated by the rich farmlands close to Lake Mälaren, leading to a wealthy rural population. The city has also always been a major crossroads for commerce, and excellent communications signify the city even today: The Mälar Railline (Mälarbanan) and the E18 highway provide ample means of travelling to the nearby major cities of Stockholm and Västerås. The city has several manufacturing industries, a hospital and the Swedish Armed Forces command and control an army electronic warfare centre, Ledningsregementet (LedR).
Notable people
Notable people
• Amelia Andersdotter • Snoh Aalegra, singer • Thomas Engqvist, chess player • Elin Lanto, singer • Lars (archbishop) is buried in the monastery there.
Sports
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Enköping: • Enköpings SK • Enköpings RK
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Enköping is twinned with: • Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
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- 1.Statistics Sweden. Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2 2005 och 2010. 14 December 2011.
- 2.Statistics Sweden. Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. 31 December 2020.
- 3.Lille, Lotta. Schackikonen Andersson porträtteras i ny bok. 13 July 2019.
- 4.Jeffrey de Hart, 'Crying Fame', in Billboard dated 20 November 2004, Vol. 116, No. 47, p. 77
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