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Angarn () is a former ward in Vallentuna Municipality,
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 ...
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). Since 2006, Angarn has been part of Össeby congregation. In Angarn there are about 450 ancient monuments:
cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...
s and stone circles of Bronze Age type, a remarkable rock carving,
burial ground A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
from the older and younger Iron Age and 10 rune stones. The rectangular granite Angarn Church was probably built at the end of the 13th century. The name ("Angarnæ", 1333) is a composition of ''an'' ("received") and ''garn'' ("elongated formation"), here referring to Angarnsjöängen, formerly a bay against Garnviken (formerly Garn).


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Populated places in Vallentuna Municipality {{Sweden-geo-stub