Närke
Närke, archaic spelling Nerike, is a province in the Svealand region in Sweden, bordering to Värmland, Västmanland, Södermanland, Östergötland and Västergötland.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Örebro and Kumla.
Örebro
Örebro is a modern city located in the small province of Närke in Svealand in south central Sweden. It's on the flat Närke plains, surrounded by vast forest areas. It's Sweden's 7th largest municipality with a population of about 143,000.
Kumla
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Kumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with a population of 21,640 as of 2018.
Hallsberg
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Hallsberg is a town in Närke near the demographic centre of Sweden. The town is dominated by its railway station. While the town has 8,500 inhabitants, around 16,300 people live in the municipality Hallsbergs kommun.
Närke
- Type: province of Sweden with 220,000 residents
- Description: province in Sweden
- Also known as: “Nericia”
- Neighbors: Östergötland, Södermanland County, Värmland, Västergötland, and Västmanland
- Location: Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude of center
59.243° or 59° 14′ 35″ northLongitude of center
15.271° or 15° 16′ 16″ eastPopulation
220,000Wikidata ID
Q216687
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Närke” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Närke”
- Arabic: “نارك”
- Armenian: “Ներքե”
- Basque: “Närke”
- Belarusian: “Нэрке”
- Breton: “Närke”
- Catalan: “Närke”
- Chinese: “Närke”
- Chinese: “內爾徹”
- Chinese: “内尔彻”
- Chinese: “單鰭電鰩屬”
- Croatian: “Närke”
- Czech: “Närke”
- Danish: “Nærke”
- Danish: “Närke”
- Danish: “Nerike”
- Dutch: “Närke”
- Dutch: “Nericia”
- Esperanto: “Närke”
- Esperanto: “Nericia”
- Esperanto: “Neriko”
- Estonian: “Närke”
- Finnish: “Närke”
- French: “Närke”
- French: “Nericia”
- French: “Néricie”
- Galician: “Närke”
- German: “Närke”
- German: “Nericia”
- Greek: “Νάρκε”
- Hungarian: “Närke tartomány”
- Hungarian: “Nericia”
- Icelandic: “Næríki”
- Icelandic: “Närke”
- Italian: “Närke”
- Italian: “Nericia”
- Japanese: “ネルケ地方”
- Korean: “네르케”
- Latin: “Nericia”
- Latvian: “Nerke”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Närke”
- Mingrelian: “ნერკეშ პროვინცია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Närke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Närke”
- Norwegian: “Närke”
- Ossetian: “Нерке”
- Persian: “نرکه”
- Polish: “Närke”
- Portuguese: “Närke”
- Portuguese: “Nericia”
- Pushto: “نرک”
- Romanian: “Närke”
- Romanian: “Nericia”
- Russian: “Нерке”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Närke”
- Slovenian: “Närke”
- Slovenian: “Nericia”
- Spanish: “Närke”
- Spanish: “Nericia”
- Swedish: “Närke”
- Swedish: “Närking”
- Swedish: “Nerike”
- Ukrainian: “Нерке”
- Urdu: “نارکے”
- Uzbek: “Närke”
- Vietnamese: “Närke”
- Volapük: “Närkiän”
- Welsh: “Närke”
- Western Frisian: “Närke”
- Western Panjabi: “نارک”
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