Svealand
Stockholm County
Botkyrka Municipality

Alby

Alby is a suburb in within . Alby has one of the 100 stations of the Stockholm metro system. Alby, a municipal area in Botkyrka, had a population of approximately 11,400 in 2011.
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  • Type: Suburb with 11,400 residents
  • Description: urban district in Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Alby, Botkyrka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alby metro station and Albysjön.

Metro station
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is a station characterized by the colorful art work inspired by the local petroglyphs. The station is located in Alby, , on the red line of the Stockholm metro.

Lake
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is a forming part of . It separates and in south-western Stockholm, . The lake, which is filling a geological fault, has steep cliffs along the western shore.

Mosque
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The is a in , , , . It was constructed with -style architecture. The mosque, which began to be constructed in 1998 and was completed in April 2007, is owned by the Islamic Cultural Association in Botkyrka, a mainly Turkish association with more than 1,500 members.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fittja and Eriksberg.

Locality
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is a part of and the name of the Stockholm metro station in the area. It was settled during the 1970s and consists mostly of rental apartments.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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is a municipal district and a residential area of , , southeastern . It is located between the E4 south and part of Lake Mälaren in the north. The area is named after farm.

Alby

Latitude
59.23956° or 59° 14′ 22″ north
Longitude
17.84972° or 17° 50′ 59″ east
Population
11,400
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
9FFV6RQX+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 179023380
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7931985
Wiki­data ID
Q934689
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Swedish—“Alby” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አልቢ”
  • Cebuano: “Alby”
  • Danish: “Alby”
  • Dutch: “Alby”
  • French: “Alby”
  • German: “Alby”
  • Irish: “Alby”
  • Ladin: “Alby”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alby”
  • Portuguese: “Alby”
  • Spanish: “Alby”
  • Swedish: “Alby, Botkyrka kommun”
  • Swedish: “Alby”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alby”. Photo: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0.