Arkösund

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Arkösund
Smaller locality
Arkösund
Arkösund
Arkösund is located in Östergötland
Arkösund
Arkösund
Coordinates: 58°29′N 16°56′E / 58.483°N 16.933°E / 58.483; 16.933Coordinates: 58°29′N 16°56′E / 58.483°N 16.933°E / 58.483; 16.933
CountrySweden
ProvinceÖstergötland
CountyÖstergötland County
MunicipalityNorrköping Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total135 ha (334 acres)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total172
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Smaller locality codeS1369[2]

Arkösund is a small village on the Swedish East Coast, on Vikbolandet peninsula, Norrköping Municipality with 172 inhabitants in 2015.[1] Its population swells in the summer, when the yacht people arrive to anchor up in the marina to shop for food. It is most famous for its archipelago ( archipelago, part of the Östergötland archipelago) — many small islands easily reached by boat from the harbour.

During the summer season of 2007 an estimated 40,000 tourists visited Arkösund.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Småorter 2015" (XLSX) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Småorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (XLS) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

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