Vallentuna Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Stockholm County

Stockholm County

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 in east central 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....

. Its seat is located in the town of Vallentuna

Vallentuna

Vallentuna is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 26,500 inhabitants in 2005. It stretches over two municipalities in Stockholm County, in the Roslagen region. Vallentuna is also a suburb of Stockholm...

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The current municipality was established as a result of the municipal reform of 1971. Its coat of arms

Coat of arms

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 depicts an eagle

Eagle

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, a broad axe and two stars.

Geography

The geography is still dominated by nature and agriculture and some lakes and streams, besides the urban areas. Many houses are one family houses.

Localities

The seat of the municipality is in Vallentuna

Vallentuna

Vallentuna is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 26,500 inhabitants in 2005. It stretches over two municipalities in Stockholm County, in the Roslagen region. Vallentuna is also a suburb of Stockholm...

, which is a contiguous built-up area, partly situated in Täby Municipality

Täby Municipality

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. There are also smaller localities, such as Brottby, Karby

Karby, Sweden

Karby is a locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 844 inhabitants in 2005....

, Kårsta

Kårsta

Kårsta is a locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 439 inhabitants in 2005. Kårsta is since 1980, when the line to Rimbo was cut, the northern terminus of Roslagsbanan narrow gauge suburban railway....

 and Lindholmen

Lindholmen

Lindholmen is a locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 810 inhabitants in 2005....

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Present

Vallentuna has been expanding in recent years, and is one of the municipalities of the county that grows fastest every year, with more than 2% yearly, and has now doubled since 1971. Many people settle in Vallentuna because it is close to nature, and yet allows them to commute

Commuting

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 to their work places, both in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 (to where the commuter gets you in 30 minutes) and elsewhere. In total, about 9,000 people commute from Vallentuna to other municipalities, while about 2,000 people commute into Vallentuna.

Public transportation

The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system

Public transport in Stockholm

Public transport in Stockholm consists of bus, metro, regional/suburban rail, light rail, tram and archipelago boat operation in Stockholm County, Sweden. The bus and rail is organized by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik , SL, which is owned by the Stockholm County Council...

 through SL

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik

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. There are nine stops on the narrow gauge

Narrow gauge

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 Roslagsbanan

Roslagsbanan

-SL southern network:*Stockholms östra–Djursholms Ösby–Roslags Näsby–Vallentuna–Lindholmen–Kårsta *Stockholms östra–Djursholms Ösby–Roslags Näsby–Åkersberga–Österskär...

 suburban railway as well as a bus

Bus

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network.

Schools and education

All over the central part of Vallentuna you can find schools of different sorts, there is a cultureschool (Kulturskolan) that specialises in teaching music. Vallentunas "Högstadie skolor" (aimed for kids ages 12-16) are Hjälmstaskolan, Hammarbackskolan, Bällstaberg and Vallentuna Friskola.

External links

• Vallentuna Municipality - Official site