Rinkaby is a

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situated in

Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality (''Kristianstads kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad. The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local go ...

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Krono ...

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with 745 inhabitants in 2010. It is close to Lake Hammarsjön and 12 kilometres from

Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish ''Christianstad'') is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has gone from a garrison town to a develo ...

. The village has a pre-school and primary school which is housed in a building originating in the 19th century. There is a leisure centre, a football club and some shops. The area has

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remains; the name of the village is probably derived from the word ''rinkʀ'' (

Old West Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

''rekkr''), meaning 'man' or 'warrior', and ''by'' denotes a settlement in

Old Swedish Old Swedish (Modern Swedish: ) is the name for two distinct stages of the Swedish language that were spoken in the Middle Ages: Early Old Swedish (), spoken from about 1225 until about 1375, and Late Old Swedish (), spoken from about 1375 unti ...

. Rinkaby Church was built in the 13th century and contains medieval murals and an

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. It is an agricultural community; in the 19th century, the area was famous for growing

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, but now specialises in the rearing of Angus cattle. Outside the village is a military training area called ''Rinkabyfältet'' which is often used for major

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events. A national

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called "Scout 2001" had 26,500 participants; the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in July–August 2011 was attended by more than 40,000 Scouts, Leaders and adult volunteers participating, from 143 different countries.Participating countries at the Jamboree.pdf
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Populated places in Kristianstad Municipality Populated places in Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub