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Närke
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Närke () is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Svealand in south central Sweden. It is bordered by Västmanland to the north, Södermanland to the east, Östergötland to the southeast, Västergötland to the southwest, and Värmland to the northwest. Närke has a surface area of 4,126 km² and a total population of 208,376.
Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Svealand
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Counties
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Örebro CountyVästmanland CountySödermanland County
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4,122
- Settlement.population_total
- 223,548
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2023
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +1
- Settlement.name
- Närke
- Settlement.image_flag
- Närke landskapsflagga.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Närkes vapen crowned.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_map
- Sverigekarta-Landskap Närke.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical province
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Sweden
- Part of
- Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Västmanland County
- Population
- 219990
- Area
- 4122
- Shares border with
- Värmland
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- Category:Närke
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Närke () is a Swedish traditional province, or landskap, situated in Svealand in south central Sweden. It is bordered by Västmanland to the north, Södermanland to the east, Östergötland to the southeast, Västergötland to the southwest, and Värmland to the northwest. Närke has a surface area of 4,126 km² and a total population of 208,376.
== Name == The name of the province (Neeric 1165-81) comes from an old word när (narrow) which refers to the narrow ridge where the church of Norrbyås (Nerboahs 1275) is situated. What the rest of the name means is not clear. In English sometimes also Nerike (an archaic spelling of the province) and Nericia (the Latin name) are used for the province.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Närke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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