Ruda, Sweden
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Ruda is a locality
situated in Högsby Municipality
, Kalmar County
, Sweden
with 608 inhabitants in 2005. It is suffering from a steady population decline.
Near Ruda there is a VLF transmitter for the Swedish Navy
. Even though it is not a tower this transmitter is often mistakenly referred to as "rudatornet" (the Ruda tower) by locals.
The Swedish national road 34 runs through Ruda connecting the village to E22
and Ålem
to the south and Motala
in the north. This road provides Ruda with economic stimulation. Many bypassers stop at the only gas station which also provides cooked food and other merchandise. Except for this shop there is also Konsum grocery shop. Kalmar Lans Trafik, the local bus company offer public transportation to and from Ruda.
There is a train track running from Kalmar
, through Ruda and eventually to Linköping
. At one time the train trafficking the track stopped in Ruda to leave and pick up passengers but this is not longer the case. Today the closest stop is in Högsby
. The train station in Ruda is still intact but abandoned.
Ruda once was a thriving industrial town with many shops and industries, including Ruda glass manufacturing factory, an antenna factory and a sawmill. The area where the sawmill once were was for long a sanitary danger for the inhabitants but a project starting in 2007 has cleaned up the area. Today a majority of the inhabitants work in close by larger towns such as Oskarshamn
.
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 Högsby Municipality
Högsby Municipality
Högsby Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Högsby.The latest nation-wide subdivision reform in Sweden was centred around the year 1971...
, Kalmar County
Kalmar County
Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland....
, 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 608 inhabitants in 2005. It is suffering from a steady population decline.
Near Ruda there is a VLF transmitter for the Swedish Navy
Swedish Navy
The Royal Swedish Navy is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet – as well as marine units, the so-called Amphibious Corps .In Swedish, vessels of the Swedish Navy are given the prefix "HMS," short for Hans/Hennes...
. Even though it is not a tower this transmitter is often mistakenly referred to as "rudatornet" (the Ruda tower) by locals.
The Swedish national road 34 runs through Ruda connecting the village to E22
European route E22
The European route E 22 is one of the longest European routes. It has a length of about . Many of the E-roads have been extended into Asia since the year 2000; the E 22 was extended on 24 June 2002.-United Kingdom:...
and Ålem
Ålem
Ålem is a locality situated in Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 797 inhabitants in 2005....
to the south and Motala
Motala
Motala is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,798 inhabitants in 2005. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping...
in the north. This road provides Ruda with economic stimulation. Many bypassers stop at the only gas station which also provides cooked food and other merchandise. Except for this shop there is also Konsum grocery shop. Kalmar Lans Trafik, the local bus company offer public transportation to and from Ruda.
There is a train track running from Kalmar
Kalmar
Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...
, through Ruda and eventually to Linköping
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
. At one time the train trafficking the track stopped in Ruda to leave and pick up passengers but this is not longer the case. Today the closest stop is in Högsby
Högsby
Högsby is a locality and the seat of Högsby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,965 inhabitants in 2005.Other "big" places in the Högsby Municipality are: Långemåla, Fågelfors, Berga and Fagerhult. None of these have more than 500 inhabitants...
. The train station in Ruda is still intact but abandoned.
Ruda once was a thriving industrial town with many shops and industries, including Ruda glass manufacturing factory, an antenna factory and a sawmill. The area where the sawmill once were was for long a sanitary danger for the inhabitants but a project starting in 2007 has cleaned up the area. Today a majority of the inhabitants work in close by larger towns such as Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The location of Oskarshamn was known as Döderhultsvik since the Medieval age...
.