Fjälkinge
Fjälkinge is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,690 inhabitants in 2010. The etymology of the name indicates that the name originally may have meant "steep hill". Fjälkinge Church is a well-preserved Romanesque church with late medieval frescos.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stigfinnare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Village with 1,830 residents
- Description: urban area in Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Fjaelkinge”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fjälkinge Church and Fjälkinge backe.
Fjälkinge Church
Church
Photo: Stigfinnare, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fjälkinge Church is a medieval church in Fjälkinge, in the province of Skåne, Sweden. Much of the church dates from the 12th century, with additions made later in the Middle Ages.
Fjälkinge backe
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fjälkinge backe is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kristianstad.
Kristianstad
Kristianstad is a city, and a municipality in north-eastern Scania, in southern Sweden. Formerly a county seat, it is still the dominant settlement of the area. This article covers the northeastern part of Scania.
Fjälkinge
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Fjälkinge socken, Fjälkinge-Nymö, Kristianstad Municipality, Scania, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
56.04339° or 56° 2′ 36″ northLongitude
14.27585° or 14° 16′ 33″ eastPopulation
1,830Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE FLGOpen location code
9F8P27VG+98OpenStreetMap ID
node 1183272372OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fjälkinge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fjälkinge”
- Chinese: “Fjälkinge”
- Danish: “Fjälkinge”
- Dutch: “Fjälkinge”
- Finnish: “Fjälkinge”
- French: “Fjälkinge”
- German: “Fjälkinge”
- Irish: “Fjälkinge”
- Italian: “Fjälkinge”
- Ladin: “Fjälkinge”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fjälkinge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fjälkinge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fjälkinge”
- Norwegian: “Fjälkinge”
- Polish: “Fjälkinge”
- Slovenian: “Fjälkinge”
- Swedish: “Fjälkinge”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fjälkinge station and Fjälkinge IF.
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