Vadstena
urban area in Vadstena Municipality, Sweden
Vadstena is a town in the county of Östergötland in Sweden. It is the seat of Vadstena Municipality.
Vadstena | |
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 The 15th-century Vadstena Town Hall is the oldest in Sweden | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Vadstena | |
| Coordinates: 58°27′N 14°54′E / 58.450°N 14.900°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Östergötland |
| County | Östergötland County |
| Municipality | Vadstena Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,613 |
| • Density | 1,645/km2 (4,260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Back in the Middle Ages, the town housed a Catholic monastery, which was closed in the 16th century, when Sweden turned towards Martin Luther's Protestantism. In the 20th century, the monastery was re-opened.
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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 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
Other websites
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