Bäckebo
Sign in to saveBäckebo is a locality situated in Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 219 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the World War II Bäckebo rocket incident, in which the test flight of a German V-2 rocket, bound for Denmark, went astray and exploded above a cornfield near the hamlet of Gräsdals.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bäckebo
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Bäckebo kyrka.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bäckebo church
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Kalmar#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nybro Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kalmar County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Småland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.84
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 219
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 260
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Bäckebo is a locality situated in Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 219 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the World War II Bäckebo rocket incident, in which the test flight of a German V-2 rocket, bound for Denmark, went astray and exploded above a cornfield near the hamlet of Gräsdals.
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