Ljungby
Ljungby is a former parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden. The name is most likely derived from the conjunction of ljung and by. It is confirmed in written sources from at least 1267.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: parish in Halland, Sweden
- Also known as: “Ljungby parish” and “Ljungby, Falkenberg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ljungby Church and Sibbarps kyrka.
Sibbarps kyrka
Church
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Sibbarps kyrka is a church, which is situated 4 km north of Ljungby.
Alfshög Church
Church
Photo: Kjell Hj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alfshög Church is situated 4½ km southeast of Ljungby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vessigebro.
Vessigebro
Village
Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vessigebro is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 740 inhabitants in 2010. The village was formed at a ford over river Ätran. Vessigebro is situated 5 km east of Ljungby.
Ljungby
- Category: socken
- Location: Ljungby, Falkenberg Municipality, Halland, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ljungby” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ljungby socken”
- Chinese: “Ljungby Kàu-khu”
- Danish: “Ljungby sogn, Halland”
- Danish: “Ljungby sogn”
- Finnish: “Ljungby socken”
- Finnish: “Ljungby”
- Finnish: “Ljungbyn pitäjä”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ljungby Kàu-khu (Halland)”
- Swedish: “Ljungby socken, Halland”
- Swedish: “Ljungby socken”
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