Hok, Sweden
Encyclopedia
Hok is a locality
situated in Vaggeryd Municipality
, Jönköping County
, Sweden
with 643 inhabitants in 2005.
and is situated along the railroad between Nässjö
and Halmstad
. The old train station was demolished around 1990 but a new combined bus/train-stop was built in 2004.
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 Vaggeryd Municipality
Vaggeryd Municipality
Vaggeryd Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden. The town Skillingaryd is together with Vaggeryd the seat of the municipality...
, Jönköping County
Jönköping County
Jönköping County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The capital is Jönköping.- Provinces :...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 643 inhabitants in 2005.
History
Hok was once an important station in the manufacturing process of Swedish iron from TabergTaberg
Taberg is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 4,223 inhabitants in 2005....
and is situated along the railroad between Nässjö
Nässjö
Nässjö is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 16,463 inhabitants in 2005.-History:Nässjö was for a long time only a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point was the construction of the Swedish railway system. The southern...
and Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
. The old train station was demolished around 1990 but a new combined bus/train-stop was built in 2004.