Knivsta Municipality

Knivsta Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Knivsta kommun


county=Uppsala County
province=Uppland
capital=Knivsta


arearank=237th
area=296.94
arealand=283.46
populationrank=162nd
population=13,954
densityrank=93rd
populationdensity=48.0
website=http://www.knivsta.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007

Knivsta Municipality ("Knivsta kommun") is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Knivsta, with some 7,100 inhabitants.

History

Until 1971 Knivsta was a municipality in Stockholm County, when it was merged into Uppsala Municipality and subsequently belonged to Uppsala County. On January 1, 2003 Knivsta was separated from Uppsala to once again form a separate municipality, located in Uppsala County.

The coat of arms symbolises the Stones of Mora where the Swedish Kings were elected in ancient times.

Localities

*Alsike
*Knivsta (seat)

External links

* [http://www.knivsta.se/ Knivsta Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.knivsta.se/images/Knivsta+Kommun+2003/Knivsta+i+bild/Knivstakartan/Knivstakartan.jpgKnivsta map]
* [http://www.knivstabo.se/ Knivstabo.se] - A webportal for citiziens of Knivsta


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