Brokind
Encyclopedia
Brokind is a locality
situated in Linköping Municipality
, Östergötland County
, Sweden
with 526 inhabitants in 2005.
Brokind is located approximately 27 km (17 mi) south of Linköping, just next to the lake Lilla Rängen. Using bus it takes about 40 minutes to get to Linköping and by car approximately 20-25 minutes. Brokind is connected to Linköping city in the north and to the town Kisa in the south through Riksväg 34. (Approx: Kingdom road 34.)
In Brokind there are among other things a food store, daycare center, soccer fields, tennis courts, lit jogging/skiing track, swimming facilities, and a school that covers grade 1-6 in the Swedish school system.
The inhabitants of Brokind are generally upper middle class and above. In terms of buildings, the vast majority is single family detached homes or larger mansion-like structures along the lake although there also exists a few condominiums.
Brokind is also since 1709 home to the Falkenberg family who carry the title Count.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Linköping Municipality
Linköping Municipality
Linköping Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southern Sweden. Its administrative center is the city of Linköping, with some 94,000 inhabitants....
, Östergötland County
Östergötland County
Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...
, Sweden
Sweden
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with 526 inhabitants in 2005.
Brokind is located approximately 27 km (17 mi) south of Linköping, just next to the lake Lilla Rängen. Using bus it takes about 40 minutes to get to Linköping and by car approximately 20-25 minutes. Brokind is connected to Linköping city in the north and to the town Kisa in the south through Riksväg 34. (Approx: Kingdom road 34.)
In Brokind there are among other things a food store, daycare center, soccer fields, tennis courts, lit jogging/skiing track, swimming facilities, and a school that covers grade 1-6 in the Swedish school system.
The inhabitants of Brokind are generally upper middle class and above. In terms of buildings, the vast majority is single family detached homes or larger mansion-like structures along the lake although there also exists a few condominiums.
Brokind is also since 1709 home to the Falkenberg family who carry the title Count.