Botkyrka Municipality

municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Stockholm County
Seat: Tumba
Total: 222.32 km (85.84 sq mi)
Land: 194.17 km (74.97 sq mi)
Water: 28.15 km (10.87 sq mi)
Density: 494.73/km (1,281.3/sq mi)
Demonyms: Botkyrkan
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Södermanland
Municipal code: 0127

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Botkyrka Municipality (Botkyrka kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba.

In 1971 Grödinge was merged with Botkyrka and in 1974 Salem was added. The Salem part was split off again in 1983, and a new Salem Municipality was formed.