Uppåkra
Uppåkra is a village and parish in Staffanstorp Municipality, in Scania, southern Sweden, located five kilometres south of Lund. The village is known for its Iron Age archaeological site, which has been actively excavated since 1996.Photo: Entheta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: hamlet in Sweden
- Also known as: “Uppakra”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uppåkra Archeologiska Center and Uppåkra Church.
Uppåkra Archeologiska Center
Museum
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Uppåkra Archeologiska Center is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jakriborg and Staffanstorp.
Jakriborg
Neighborhood
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Jakriborg is a housing estate in Hjärup, Staffanstorp Municipality between Malmö and Lund in Scania, southern Sweden. The area was built in the late 1990s by the real estate firm Jakri AB and had been growing ever since.
Staffanstorp
Town
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Staffanstorp is a locality and the seat of Staffanstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 14,808 inhabitants in 2010. Staffanstorp is the largest Scanian settlement that never acquired town privileges before their abolishment in Sweden in 1971. Staffanstorp is situated 3½ km southeast of Uppåkra.
Stora Råby
Hamlet
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Stora Råby is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Uppåkra.
Uppåkra
- Categories: village with a church and religion
- Location: Uppåkra socken, Uppåkra, Staffanstorp Municipality, Scania, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Uppåkra” goes by many names.
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