Furulund is a
locality
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situated in
Partille Municipality
Partille Municipality (''Partille kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in Partille, which constitutes a part of the contiguously built-up Gothenburg urban area.
The municipality is by area ...
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Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
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Sweden
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Furulund is located on the hill to the south, along the road between the E20 in the suburbs and Riksväg 40 in Landvetter. In the community there is an elementary school Furulund School ("Furan" for grades 1-5 and "Lunden" for grades 6-9), Furulund Church, retirement homes, grocery store (Matöppet), hairdresser, pizzeria and two kiosks.
Furulund is surrounded by forests. In west the forest continues about 8 km to Gothenburgs eastern part (over the nature reserves and Knipeflågsbergen Delsjö area). In the east the forest stretches all the way to municipal boundary of Lerum and Härryda. In the south is an area called Åstebo with stables and Partille Hostel, and the lake Kåsjön, with a popular beach for the local population.
Almost directly west of Furulunds Centrum lies the lake Prästtjärnen and South East lies the lake Maderna.
The buildings in Furulund has grown large over the last 30 years.
Since Furulund is located over 100 meters higher than Gothenburg and many days the temperature is around 0, so Furulund usually have more snow, which remains longer than in the valley in Partille.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Furulund:
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Björndammens BK
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IK Sävehof
IK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000.
Women's team
The women's team competes in Svensk Handbollselit. They won the championship 15 times ( ...
Gallery
File:Astebotjarnen Vastergotland Sweden from SW again Aug1 2020.jpg, Åstebotjärnen from SW on August 1, 2020.
File:Prasttjarnen view from N end Vastergotland Sweden 14June2020.jpg, Prästtjärnen from N on June 14, 2020.
File:StoraKasjon Vastergotland Sweden from N Aug1 2020.jpg, Kåsjön from N on August 1, 2020.
File:Maderna Vastergotland Sweden from NE direction S Aug1 2020.jpg, Maderna from NW, direction S, on August 1, 2020.
File:Bjorndammen Vastergotland Sweden from NE 15Aug2020.jpg, Björndammen from NE on August 15, 2020.
References
Populated places in Västra Götaland County
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