Borgholm
city and the seat of Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden
Borgholm is a town on the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Öland, in the county of Kalmar. It is the seat of Borgholm Municipality.
Borgholm | |
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 Borgholm Castle in August 2006 | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Borgholm  Borgholm | |
| Coordinates: 56°52′45″N 16°39′21″E / 56.87917°N 16.65583°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Öland |
| County | Kalmar County |
| Municipality | Borgholm Municipality |
| Founded | 1816 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.56 km2 (0.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,071 |
| • Density | 1,201/km2 (3,110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 387 xx |
| Area code | (+46) 485 |
| Website | Official website |
Becoming a town in 1816, Borgholm was the seat of Öland County between the years of 1819 and 1826.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
Other websites
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