Gamla Tyresö (meaning ''Old Tyresö'') is a district of

Tyresö Municipality Tyresö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the Stockholm urban area. History The first humans arrived ...

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. It consists of the eastern half of the municipality, containing the Tyresö Strand and Raksta areas, the long Brevik peninsula, and the vast forest in the south. Gamla Tyresö contains almost exclusively detached houses and summer cottages. The Tyresö Strand area has since mid-1990s been built with a higher density with tightly packed detached,

semi-detached A semi-detached house (often abbreviated to semi) is a single-family Duplex (building), duplex dwelling that shares one common party wall, wall with its neighbour. The name distinguishes this style of construction from detached houses, with no sh ...

and

terraced house A terrace, terraced house ( UK), or townhouse ( US) is a type of medium-density housing which first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls. In the United States and Canada these are sometimes known as row ...

s. There is a small amount of apartment buildings and commercial establishments around Strandtorget.

Tyresö Palace Tyresö Palace (Swedish: ''Tyresö slott'') is a 17th-century palace in Tyresö, Stockholm County, Sweden, about 25 km south-east of central Stockholm. The construction of the palace began in the 1620s and completed in 1636 by the Lord H ...

and

Tyresö Church Tyresö Church () is a 17th-century church (building), church in Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö, Sweden, belonging to the Tyresö parish. The church is located near Tyresö Palace, which was built during the same era. The church has a brick exteri ...

from 17th century are located in Gamla Tyresö as well. The forest in south contains about half of

Tyresta National Park Tyresta National Park () is a national park with a surrounding nature reserve in Sweden, located in Haninge Municipality, Haninge and Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö municipalities in Stockholm County. Geography About from central Stockholm ar ...

on the Tyresö side. Located on the Brevik peninsula, southeast of Trinntorp, is Telegrafberget 84 m (276 ft) above sea level, from where one has a view all the way to central

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Residential and urban areas

The population of the residential areas typically associated with Gamla Tyresö, as of January 1, 2004: *Tyresö Strand: 2,874 *East Tyresö: 2,721 *Total: 5,595 — or 14.0% of the population of Tyresö Municipality. Gamla Tyresö is part of three

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* Raksta *Brevik peninsula (''

Brevikshalvön Brevikshalvön is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Tyresö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 2,018 inhabitants in 2010. References

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