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Garnisonen ("Garrison") is a city district in
Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
, which was previously the site of the two military units closed down in July 1997, Life Grenadier Regiment (I 4) and
Svea Artillery Regiment The Svea Artillery Regiment ( sv, Svea artilleriregemente), designation A 1, was a Swedish Army artillery regiment that traced its origins back to the 17th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from S ...
(A 1). In 2000, the district was formed by division of
Ekkällan Ekkällan is a city district of Linköping, Sweden. In 2000 the former Ekkällan district was split and Garnisonen was formed, while a few blocks were transferred to the district of Inner City. The area includes Linköping University Hospital, ...
. The area is still under development, and there are homes, schools, recreation centers, grocery stores, offices and more. There are also many public sector agencies such as Linköping District Court, Police, Prosecutor's office, Probation Service and the
Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science The Swedish National Forensic Centre ( sv, Nationellt forensiskt centrum, NFC) — previously known as the National Swedish Criminal Police Registry and Forensic Laboratories (1939–1964) ( sv, Statens kriminaltekniska anstalt, SKA) and the Nationa ...
. In the western part of the area is a Garrison Museum. The number of inhabitants in December 2008 was 1070. Districts adjoining Garnisonen are
East Valla East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
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Ekkällan Ekkällan is a city district of Linköping, Sweden. In 2000 the former Ekkällan district was split and Garnisonen was formed, while a few blocks were transferred to the district of Inner City. The area includes Linköping University Hospital, ...
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Ramshäll Ramshäll is a city district in Linköping. The buildings consist mostly of apartment buildings with a very high proportion of small dwellings. Villa area in the northeastern part of Ramshäll, with houses from the turn of the century onwards, is ...
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Berga Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu. History Berga derives its name from ...
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Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...
. Just south of the district is the nature reserve Tinnerö oak woodlands. {{Coord, 58, 23.793, N, 15, 37.047, E, region:SE_type:city, display=title Geography of Linköping