Huddinge Municipality
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 Huddinge municipality in the county Missing image Huddinge_Municipality_in_Stockholm.png See also:Municipalities of Sweden | Coat of arms Missing image Huddinge_City_Arms.png | |
| Seat | Huddinge | |
| County | Stockholm County | |
| Province | Södermanland | |
| Area Rank | 131 km² 269st of 290 | |
| Population Rank | 87,681 (2005) 18th of 290 | |
| Density | 667/km² | |
Huddinge is a municipality in central Sweden, just south of the capital Stockholm, and the largest in Metropolitan Stockholm after Stockholm City.
Geography
The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills or lakes, and it contains five nature reserves.
Huddinge borders to Stockholm City, Ekerö (by water), Botkyrka, Haninge and Tyresö (by water).
Demography
Huddinge houses a total population of roughly 88,000, or 4,5 % of the population in Stockholm County. The average age is 36,7 years, but one third of the population is under 25 years of age. This means that Huddinge has a slightly younger population than both Stockholm County (38,9 yrs.) and the whole kingdom (40,6 yrs.). The population density of the municipality is increasing significantly. Since the 1960's the population has doubled in size and is currently among the 20 largest municipalities of Sweden.
History
It is believed that the history of Huddinge goes back at least 1,000 years, to before the Viking Age. When hostile ships approached the community, the inhabitants in Huddinge would climb to a high locations and light beacons, as the did in the movie Lord of the Rings. There were beacons located around the entire lake Mälaren. This procedure has formed the the city arms of Huddinge.
Subdivisions
Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six parts: Skogås/Trångsund (pop. 22,223), Sjödalen/Fullersta (pop. 18,439), Stuvsta/Snättringe (pop. 14,879), Flemingsberg (pop. 12,682), Segeltorp (pop. 10,507) and Vårby (pop. 9,271). These areas occupy four congregations: Huddinge, Trångsund, Flemingsberg and S:t Mikael.
Culture
The municipality contains six public libraries and Södertörn University College.
Kungens Kurva is one of Sweden's largest places of merchancy. It hosts, among other things, the largest IKEA store in the world, the largest cinema in the country, and a large shopping centre. In total, it generates a turnover of 6 billion crowns and has 15 million visitors per year.
External links
- Huddinge (http://www.huddinge.se/) - Official site
- Huddinge Municipality (http://zeal.com/category/preview.jhtml?cid=10215924) - Links at Zeal.comsv:Huddinge