Huddinge Municipality

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**Huddinge Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Image:Svcmap stockholm.png Huddinge municipality in the county Image:Huddinge Municipality in Stockholm.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Huddinge City Arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Huddinge
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	County	Stockholm County
	Province	Södermanland
	Area Rank	131 km² 269th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	87,681 18th of 290
	Density	667/km²

Huddinge Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Stockholm County, in central Sweden, within Metropolitan Stockholm. It is the most populated municipality in Stockholm County after Stockholm itself.

1 Geography
2 Demography
3 History
4 Subdivisions
5 Culture
6 External links

[edit] Geography

The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills, or lakes, and it contains seven nature reserves.

Huddinge borders Stockholm City, Ekerö (by water), Botkyrka, Haninge and Tyresö (by water).

[edit] Demography

Huddinge has a total population of roughly 88,000, or 4.5% of the population of Stockholm County. The average age is 36.7 years, but one-third of the population is under 25 years of age. This means that Huddinge has a slightly younger population than both Stockholm County (38.9 years) and the whole country (40.6 years). The population density of the municipality is increasing significantly. Since the 1960s, the population has doubled in size and is currently among the 20 largest municipalities in Sweden.

[edit] History

It is believed that the history of Huddinge goes back at least 1,000 years, to before the Viking Age. When hostile ships approached the community, the inhabitants of Huddinge would climb to high locations and light beacons. Beacons were located around the entirety of Lake Mälaren. Huddinge's coat of arms has its origins in this tradition.

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[edit] Subdivisions

Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six districts:

Skogås/Trångsund (pop. 22,223)
Sjödalen/Fullersta (pop. 18,439)
Stuvsta/Snättringe (pop. 14,879)
Flemingsberg (pop. 12,682)
Segeltorp (pop. 10,507)
Vårby (pop. 9,271), including Masmo

These areas occupy four congregations: Huddinge, Trångsund, Flemingsberg and St. Mikael.

[edit] Culture

The municipality contains six public libraries and Södertörn University College.

Kungens Kurva is one of Sweden's largest shopping areas. It hosts, among other things, the largest IKEA store in the world, the largest cinema in the country, and a large shopping centre. In total, it generates a turnover of 6 billion Swedish krona and has 15 million visitors per year.