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Faurås Hundred
Faurås Hundred ( sv, Faurås härad) was a hundred in Halland, Sweden. It was composed of the following parishes: Alfshög, Fagered, Gunnarp, Gällared, Källsjö, Köinge, Ljungby, Morup, Okome, Stafsinge, Svartrå, Ullared and Vinberg in Falkenberg Municipality as well as Dagsås and Sibbarp parishes in Varberg Municipality Varberg Municipality (''Varbergs kommun'') is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg. It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the ''City of Varberg'' and the surrounding rural municipalities. ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Faurås hundred Hundreds of Halland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faurås Härad
A Hundred (county subdivision), hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish language, Swedish is (in Uppland also known as during the early Middle Ages); in Danish language, Danish and Norwegian language, Norwegian, ; in Finnish language, Finnish, ; and in Estonian language, Estonian, . The Scanian hundreds were Danish until the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundreds Of Sweden, List Of Subdivisions of Sweden Hundreds of Sweden Lists of populated places in Sweden, Hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morup Parish
Morup is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ..., with 259 inhabitants in 2010. References Populated places in Halland County Populated places in Falkenberg Municipality {{Halland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibbarp Parish
Sibbarp is a village and a former parish in Varberg Municipality, Halland, Sweden. Sibbarp was first mentioned in 1354 as Sigbiornathorp. The name is formed of Sigbjörn (a male name) and thorp. The former Sibbard parish covered an area of . 1 January 2006 it was merged with Dagsås to form ''Sibbarp-Dagsås parish''. Geology The western parts of the parish are dominated by red gneiss, while the eastern parts are dominated by grey gneiss. The parish is rather hilly. History The parish has several remains from the Bronze Age, Bronze and Iron Age. Iron extraction took place in ''Järnvirke'' (as well as in neighboring ''Järnmölle'', Tvååker) during medieval times. See also *Asmund's well Sources *''Sibbarp och Dagsås - Kulturbygd med härliga höjder, betagande bokskog och trolska sjöar, Larsson, Ulf (ed.). 1993. Kristinstad: Utsikten. '' {{coord, 57, 01, 38, N, 12, 32, 04, E, region:SE_type:city(75)_source:kolossus-svwiki, display=title Varberg Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality (''Falkenbergs kommun'') is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat. The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with six rural municipalities (themselves formed by the 1952 local government reform) and part of a seventh. There are 24 original entities within the area. Today, Falkenberg holds a strong position in the food and beverage industry with companies such as Arla Foods, Carlsberg and SIA Glass having plants in the city. In the inland Gekås, a major department store, draws visitors from all over the country. Falkenberg is also a tourist city, mainly for its many beaches. Economy The main income for the Municipality is tourism from around Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Holland and Norway. The food industry is important. Here has Carlsberg Brewery a plant with 570 employees and Arla Foods who makes cheese has a factory with 400 employees. Other import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinberg Parish
Vinberg () is a locality and a parish situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 592 inhabitants in 2010. The parish is home to three villages: Vinberg, Vinbergs kyrkby and Tröingeberg, the latter being a suburb of Falkenberg. Geography The parish covers an area of 35.5 km², of which 34.94 is land. Almost all of the land is cultivated, forests cover only 5 percent of the land (as of 1971). The river Ätran delimits the parish in the south west. Vinberg Nature Reserve is located just south of the locality. History Vinberg was first mentioned in writing in 1330–1334. The name is expected to come from ''vind'' (wind) and ''berg'' (mountain). It is, compared to surround areas, rich on archeological findings. Some of which have been destroyed due to modern cultivation. Kungshögen (English: ''the Royal Tumulus'') in Faurås is one of the objects that have suffered that fate. However, the adjacent ''kung Fares sten'' (king Fare's stone) remains inta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullared Parish
Ullared is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 791 inhabitants in 2010. The village hosts a large department store, Gekås. It is the largest store in both Sweden and Scandinavia, and the growth of the store has made ''Ullared'' more or less synonymous with ''low prices'' among Swedes. A large number of stores, usually in the lower price range, have been established in the village since the early 1990s. History Historical railway crossing Two railways built in the late 19th century and early 20th century, the Falkenberg railway ( Falkenberg–Limmared, also called Pyttebanan) and WbÄJ (Varberg– Ätran 1911–1961), had a station in Ullared, which gave it an advantage compared to surrounding villages. The railways closed around 1960. The following decade saw a lot of housing construction and the establishment of many shops and an increase in publishing services. Pyttebanans hike and bicycle path Portions of the Pyttebanan is today res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svartrå Parish
Svartrå is a former village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden with about 200 citizens. It formed a parish until 2006, when the parish merged with Köinge and Okome parishes to form Okome parish. It was a municipality between 1863 and 1951. A brook, Svartån, flows through the area. It is likely to have given name to the village which in turn gave the parish its name. Svartrå was first mentioned in 1461, then spelt ''Swa eraa''. ''Svart'' means black, while ''rå'' means owner's mark or border. The children usually attend Okome school until the age of 12, after which they attend ''Apelskolan'' in Ullared. However, the children in the northernmost part of the area spend all their compulsory education at Apelskolan. The area is a political stronghold for the Centre Party which usually gains around 50 percent of the votes. Geography and geology Svartrå is bordered on the east by Högvadsån, of which Svartån is a tributary. The southern and eastern parts of the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okome Parish
Okome () is a parish and village in Falkenberg, Sweden. The village has a population of about 160, and the parish as a whole has a population of about 500. The village has some services, such as a primary school and a car repair shop. As well as Okome Village the parish also includes Köinge and Svartrå Svartrå is a former village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden with about 200 citizens. It formed a parish until 2006, when the parish merged with Köinge and Okome parishes to form Okome parish. It was a municipality between 1863 a ..., as well as parts of Ätrafors. References Falkenberg Municipality {{Halland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljungby Parish, Halland
Ljungby () is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a '' köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the first local government acts took effect in 1863, but retained part of the surrounding rural municipality of the same name. In 1936 Ljungby got the title ''stad'', Swedish for ''Town'' or ''City''. Since 1971 Ljungby is the seat of Ljungby Municipality. Much of the town center was destroyed in the city fire of 1953. At the time of the rebuilding, the modern style used, characterized by among other ''Hotel Terazza'', still remains controversial locally. History The first known inhabitant of the area that is today's Ljungby was Astrad, as can be read on the runestone Replösastenen from the 11th century located a couple of kilometers from the city center. The runestone says: "''Götrad made this stone after Astrad, the foremost of kins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faurås Vapen
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also known as during the early Middle Ages); in Danish and Norwegian, ; in Finnish, ; and in Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also ..., . The Scanian hundreds were Danish until the Treaty of Roskilde of 1658. List {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundreds Of Sweden, List Of Subdivisions of Sweden Hundreds of Sweden Hundreds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
