Floda is a
locality
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situated in
Lerum Municipality
Lerum Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, situated just east of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum.
In 1969 the municipality got its present size when "old" Lerum was amalgamated with ...
,
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
,
Sweden
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. It had 8,021 inhabitants in 2010
and is situated 54 meters above sea level at Lake Sävelångens entrance to River Säveån.
Floda has a station on the
Gothenburg commuter rail
system,
Alingsås
Alingsås () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Alingsås Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 24,482 inhabitants in 2010.
Geography
Geographically the city is situated by the outlet of the small rivulet Säv ...
line. The station house was completed in 1903, but has gone through many changes since then.
Skallsjö Church in Floda was built in 1861–1863 to replace what today is the Skallsjö Church ruins, situated two kilometers to the south-west of the church. The oldest parts of the original Skallsjö Church was built in the 13th century (1200-1299).
Floda is the home of:
*
Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer
*Football club
Floda BoIF,
Swedish Division 4
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.
*Floorball club Floda IBK, Division 1, is one of largest sports clubs in Lerum.
References
Populated places in Lerum Municipality
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