Stockholm City Centre (''Stockholms innerstad'', ''Innerstaden'', ''Inre staden'') is in
Stockholm Municipality, also known as the
City
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of Stockholm, part of the
Stockholm urban area
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in
Sweden.
Since 2007, Stockholm City Centre has been organized into four ''stadsdelsområden'' (sometimes translated as "
boroughs
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
"):
Kungsholmen,
Södermalm
Södermalm, often shortened to just Söder, is a district and island in central Stockholm.
Overview
The district covers the large island of the same name (formerly called ''Åsön''). Although Södermalm usually is considered an island, wa ...
,
Norrmalm
Norrmalm is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Norrmalm is part of the larger borough of Norrmalm (''Norrmalms stadsdelsområde'').
The southern part of the district, Lower Norrmalm (''Nedre Norrmalm''), also known as City, cons ...
and
Östermalm.
[City of Stockholm]
"Stockholm by districts"
Before 2007, it was organized into five boroughs:
Katarina-Sofia borough
Katarina-Sofia was a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in central Stockholm, named after the two parishes of Katarina and Sofia. Effective January 1, 2007, the borough merged with the borough of Maria-Gamla Stan to form the Södermalm borough.
Kata ...
,
Kungsholmen borough,
Maria-Gamla stan borough
Maria-Gamla Stan was a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in central Stockholm, Sweden until January 1, 2007, named after the Maria (actually Maria Magdalena) parish and the Stockholm Old Town in the borough.
After were introduced as an administrativ ...
,
Norrmalm borough and
Östermalm borough.
The
border
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between the
historical provinces
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of
Södermanland
Södermanland ( or ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form ''Sudermannia'' or ''Sudermania'', is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västman ...
and
Uppland
Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhab ...
splits Stockholm City Centre in two parts. 179,185 people live on an area of 28.05 km
2 in the northern (Uppland) part, which gives a density of 6,388.06/km
2. The same data for the southern (Södermanland) part is 103,646 people on 7.44 km
2, giving a density of 13,930.91/km
2. This border is purely historical and has no
administrative
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Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administ ...
significance.
Districts
See also
*
South Stockholm
*
West Stockholm
*
Stockholm City Station
References
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Geography of Stockholm
Central business districts
Economy of Stockholm