- Järfälla Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Järfälla kommun
county=Stockholm County
province=Uppland
capital=Jakobsberg
arearank=279th
area=63.39
arealand=54.05
populationrank=29th
population=62,342
densityrank=6th
populationdensity=1,153.4
website=http://www.jarfalla.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Järfälla Municipality ("Järfälla kommun") is a municipality in
Stockholm County in east centralSweden , and is considered asuburb ofStockholm . Its seat is located inJakobsberg .Järfälla has not been almagamated with other municipalities in the two local government reforms carried out during the 20th century. The Stäket area in the north was, however, added in 1952.
It is located about 20 km north of Stockholm, with a part situated by the shore of Lake Mälaren. It takes about 20 minutes to reach downtown Stockholm by
Stockholm commuter rail .History
Järfälla traces its history to the
Stone Age and has some ruins from that time. After beingChristianized in the 11th century, a church was built around the year 1200 that still stands today. Järfälla continued to be of some importance in theMiddle Ages as several important roads went through it. Furthermore, the centre of the hundred was located within the boundaries of the municipality from 1675 to 1905.Its
coat of arms , which depicts a golden lamb carrying anarchbishop 'scross , can be traced from 1568, but was created in 1955. They may symbolize that Järfälla is situated on the road from the capital Stockholm to the seat of the archbishop in the nearby city ofUppsala .The main population expansion came in the 1930s and 1940s, when many residential houses were built in the seat Jakobsberg for middle-class families commuting to Stockholm.
Public transportation
The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are three
Stockholm commuter rail stations,Barkarby ,Jakobsberg andKallhäll , as well as a bus network. There have also been plans for a connection with theStockholm metro system,Fact|date=September 2008 but these plans have not yet been implemented.Districts
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Viksjö
*Jakobsberg
*Barkarby
*Skälby
*Kallhäll
*Stäket External links
* [http://www.jarfalla.se/ Järfälla Municipality] - Official site
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