Orkesta

Orkesta was a parish with 1103 inhabitants, located in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden. The Orkesta Runestones were discovered in a local Church.

Photo: Berig, CC BY 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Orkesta Church and Granby Runestone.

Orkesta Church

Church

Photo: Webbgun, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Granby Runestone

Runestone

Photo: Berig, CC BY 2.5.

The Granby Runestone, designated as U 337 under the Rundata catalog, is one of the longest Viking Age runic inscriptions located in Uppland, Sweden.

Lindholmen railway station

Railway station

Photo: AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindholmen and Johannesudd.

Lindholmen

Village

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lindholmen is a locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 860 inhabitants in 2010.

Johannesudd

Village

Johannesudd is a locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Johannesudd is situated 7 km southwest of Orkesta.

Karby

Village

Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.

Karby is a locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Karby is situated 8 km southeast of Orkesta.

Orkesta

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Orkesta parish” and “Orkestaby”
Categories: parish of the Church of Sweden and locality
Location: Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.60443° or 59° 36′ 16″ north

Longitude

18.11062° or 18° 6′ 38″ east

Elevation

35 metres (115 feet)

Open location code

9FFWJ436+Q6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4187221510

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2686590

Wikidata ID

Q10611574

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Swedish—“Orkesta” goes by many names.

Irish: “paróiste Orkesta”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Orkesta församling”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orkesta församling”
Slovenian: “Orkesta församling”
Slovenian: “Župnija Orkesta”
Swedish: “Orkesta församling”

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