Haninge Municipality

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Haninge Municipality (Kommun)

Haninge Municipality in Sweden's southern half. Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Handen
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	County	Stockholm County
	Province	Södermanland
	Area      Rank	457.5 km² 183rd of 290
	Population      Rank (2005)	72,771 27th of 290
	Density	156/km²

Haninge is a Municipality in Stockholm County, in southern central Sweden. It makes up the southeastern part of Metropolitan Stockholm, and has the largest area of the municipalities of the metropolitan. Its seat is located in Handen.

The city arms depicts a rooster from which the name Haninge is believed to have been derived (the Swedish word hane means rooster), while the anchor symbolizes the naval base in the municipality.

[edit] Geography

Haninge cherishes its nature, housing the southern parts of the scenic Stockholm archipelago. There are over 3,600 islands, islets and skerries belonging to the municipalities, with the three largest islands being Utö, Ornö and Muskö. A car tunnel, the longest of Sweden, connects Muskö to the mainland. The other two of the island are reached with passenger and car ferries.

[edit] Urban districts of Haninge

• Brandbergen
• Jordbro
• Handen
• Vega
• Sågen
• Dalarö

Dalarö was the location of an internationally notable Volvo commercial.

[edit] Notability

The scenic Stockholm Sweden Temple was built in Västerhaninge in 1985. It is the only temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sweden. This temple is also the center of the LDS church in northern Europe.

There is a comparatively large Sweden-Finn community in Haninge and is estimated to be about 5% of the population.

The International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) was held in Haninge 1994.

[edit] Born in Haninge Municipality

• Stefan Nystrand (*1981), freestyle swimmer

[edit] External links

• Official website

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