- Tumba, Sweden
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Tumba
image_caption =
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Botkyrka Municipality
andSalem Municipality cite web |title=Tätorter 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://w41.scb.se/templates/Publikation____186288.asp |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Stockholm County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Södermanland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 17.28
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 35,311
population_density_km2 = 2044
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=59 |latm=12 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=17 |longm=49 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Tumba is a bimunicipal town in
Södermanland ,Sweden and the seat ofBotkyrka Municipality ,Stockholm County . A part of its statistical urban area, calledRönninge , is inSalem Municipality . The population is 35,311 (2005 ). The Swedish krona banknotes are printed by Crane AB atTumba Bruk , in Tumba. Tumba is situated half-way betweenStockholm andSödertälje and is considered a Stockholmsuburb . In Tumba and Rönninge there are stations on theStockholm commuter rail network.Tumba also holds a High School (Tumba gymnasium) with almost 1.000 students. The
Alfa Laval company was founded in Tumba byGustaf de Laval and remains present in the suburb, as doesDeLaval , split from Alfa Laval in 1991. Tumba is very diverse with both high rise apartment buildings and single family houses. Tumba also has a shopping mall, Tumba Centrum, situated by the railway station.History of Tumba
What makes Tumba different from the communities in northern Botkyrka is that it doesn’t stem from a big farm with roots way back in time. The people of prehistory preferred to live close to the shores. Tumba was an inland country. That’s why traces of man during prehistory are relatively rare. The big change took place during 1755 when the bank of Sweden bought a small farm and started a papermill. Around the papermill came a community that developed with its own school and houses for the workers to live in. The next big step was taken when the railroad came in 1860. Soon afterwards a society started to grow around the stationhouse. This society had commerce, police, and a movie theatre. A few houses from that period are still left. In 1894 ‘Separator’ (DeLaval) bought Hamra Gard and transformed it into a farm specialized in milkprocessing. It soon became a big industry. From the beginning these three parts were separate but grew together. The communities of both the papermill and Hamra are well kept. [http://www.botkyrka.se/kulturguiden/summaries/37260.html]
Districts of Tumba
*Vretarna
*Tuna
*Nackdala
*Tumba centrum
*Storvreten
*Lövholmen
*Skäcklinge
*Kassmyra
*Broängen
*Solbo
*Tumba Villastad
*Segersjö
*UttranTumba urban area
References
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