Bergagård is a
locality
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situated in
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 s ...
,
Halland County
Halland County ( sv, Hallands län, link=no, ) is a county ('' län'') on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad.
It borders the counties of Västra Göta ...
,
Sweden
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, with 250 inhabitants in 2010.
It is located about 11 kilometers east of
Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran (river), Ätra ...
.
The village appeared for the first time in writing in 1569. The name is formed of the words berg (
mountain
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) and gård (
farm
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).
It is located close to a hill with a view over river
Ätran.
Falkenbergs Motorbana
Falkenbergs Motorbana is a motor racing circuit at Bergagård, Sweden. The circuit was opened in 1967, as a replacement for Skreabanan, and is currently owned and run by Falkenbergs Motorklubb. A chicane was added on the first corner in 2004 to ...
auto racing
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
circuit is located close to the village, which also hosts a school and a kindergarten. Large parts of the village were built in the 1970s when much housing construction took place.
References
Populated places in Falkenberg Municipality
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