Karlsborg
Sign in to saveKarlsborg (, outdatedly ) is a locality and the seat of Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,551 inhabitants in 2010. This garrison town lies at the shore of lake Vättern in Västergötland.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Karlsborg is referenced by 181 other articles, and connects out to Sweden, time zone and country.
The entry is geolocated on the map in O, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County, Populated lakeshore places in Sweden and Populated places in Karlsborg Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Karlsborg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Karlsborg, den 9 juni 2006, Fästningskyrkan vid Befälsgatan.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- The garrison church in Karlsborg (9 June 2006)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Karlsborg Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västra Götaland County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Västergötland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.40
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,551
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 657
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Karlsborg
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Karlsborg Municipality
- Population
- 3876
- Area
- 526
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Karlsborg Municipality
- Official website
- www.karlsborg.se
- Image
- Karlsborg, den 9 juni 2006, Fästningskyrkan vid Befälsgatan.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0505
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- Commons category
- Karlsborg
- postal code
- 54601–54695
- P8168
- ATP
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Karlsborg (, outdatedly ) is a locality and the seat of Karlsborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,551 inhabitants in 2010. This garrison town lies at the shore of lake Vättern in Västergötland.
==History== The town of Karlsborg was established and grew due to the construction of Karlsborg Fortress, during the 19th century. According to the principles of a central defense, the fortress was designated as the reserve capital of Sweden in the event of war.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karlsborg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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