Stockholm urban area

The Stockholm urban area ( _sv. Stockholms tätort) is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous multimunicipal [http://w41.scb.se/templates/Publikation____186288.asp] built-up area, which extends into 11 municipalities in Stockholm County. It contains the municipal seats of 10 of those. The population at the end of 2005 was 1.25 million. Stockholm urban area is not the same as Metropolitan Stockholm ( _sv. "Storstockholm"), which is a much larger area.

tatistics

As of December 31, 2005 the population in the Stockholm urban area was 1,252,020 inhabitants, the land area convert|377.30|km2|sqmi|2|lk=on|abbr=on, and the population density 3,318.36 inh/km² (8,594.53 inh/sq mi). [cite web|title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare 2000 och 2005|publisher=Statistics Sweden|url=http://www.scb.se/templates/Product____12991.asp|accessdate=2008-01-13]

The population of the urban area and the municipalities into which it extends, broken down per municipality is the following: [cite web|title=Folkmängd per tätort och småort per kommun 2005|publisher=Statistics Sweden|url=http://www.scb.se/templates/Product____12991.asp|accessdate=2008-01-13]

References

ee also

*For administration and government see the respective municipalities in the list above
*Stockholm
*Stockholm County
*Metropolitan Stockholm