Knivsta

Knivsta Municipality is a municipality in in east central . Its seat is located in the town of , with some 7,100 inhabitants.
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  • Type: Town with 7,080 residents
  • Description: municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden
  • Also known as: “0330”, “Knivsta kommun”, “Knivsta muncipality”, and “Knivsta Municipality”
  • Neighbors:
Photo: Brorsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Knivsta railway station and Noor Palace.

Railway station
Photo: We El, Public domain.
Knivsta is a railway station in Knivsta Municipality, , Sweden. It is served by Mälartåg and the Stockholm commuter rail. Until December 2012, it was also served by Upptåget, but the extension of a Stockholm commuter rail line to led to SL taking over local train services.

Castle
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is a 14th-century mansion in , . was confiscated as part of the reduction by King Charles XI in 1686, whereafter it was used as a royal hunting lodge.

Nature reserve
Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alsike and Edeby.

Village
Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.
is a locality situated in Knivsta Municipality, , with 2,681 inhabitants in 2010. is located about 50 km north of and only 25 km away from Arlanda Airport. is situated 3½ km northwest of Knivsta.

Village
Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Knivsta.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km west of Knivsta.

Knivsta

Latitude
59.7279° or 59° 43′ 41″ north
Longitude
17.7882° or 17° 47′ 18″ east
Population
7,080
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
9FFVPQHQ+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30433123
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3337384
Wiki­data ID
Q504465
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Knivsta” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Knivsta (Suecia)”
  • Asturian: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Asturian: “Knivsta”
  • Basque: “Knivsta udalerria”
  • Belarusian: “Кніўста”
  • Bulgarian: “Книвста”
  • Cebuano: “Knivsta Kommun”
  • Chinese: “Knivsta Chū-tī-chhī”
  • Chinese: “克尼夫斯塔市鎮”
  • Chinese: “克尼夫斯塔市镇”
  • Danish: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Danish: “Knivsta Kommune”
  • Dutch: “Knivsta”
  • Esperanto: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Esperanto: “Knivsta”
  • Esperanto: “komunumo Knivsta”
  • Faroese: “Knivsta kommuna”
  • Finnish: “Knivstan kunta”
  • French: “Commune de knivsta”
  • French: “Knivsta”
  • Galician: “Concello de Knivsta”
  • German: “Gemeinde Knivsta”
  • German: “Knivsta kommun”
  • German: “Knivsta”
  • Hungarian: “Knivsta község”
  • Italian: “Knivsta”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Knivsta”
  • Korean: “크니브스타시”
  • Ladin: “Knivsta”
  • Limburgan: “Knivsta”
  • Lithuanian: “Knivsta”
  • Lombard: “Knivsta”
  • Low German: “Kommun Knivsta”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Knivsta Chū-tī-chhī”
  • Northern Frisian: “Knivsta (Komuun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Knivsta”
  • Northern Sami: “Knivsta gielda”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knivsta kommune”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Knivsta kommune”
  • Norwegian: “Knivsta kommune”
  • Persian: “بخش کنیوستا”
  • Polish: “Gmina Knivsta”
  • Portuguese: “Knivsta”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Knivsta”
  • Russian: “Книвста”
  • Slovenian: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Slovenian: “Občina Knivsta”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Knivsta”
  • Swedish: “Knivsta kommun”
  • Swedish: “Knivsta”
  • Swedish: “Knivstas kommun”
  • Turkish: “Knivsta”
  • Ukrainian: “Кнівста”
  • Urdu: “کنیوستا میونسپلٹی”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Knivsta”

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