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Also known as Orbyhus Hundred, Orbyhus

Örbyhus is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,153 inhabitants in 2018.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Örbyhus
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden Uppsala#Sweden#European Union
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Tierp Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Uppsala County
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uppland
Settlement.area_total_km2
1.58
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2020
Settlement.population_total
2,247
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Örbyhus
Country
Sweden
Population
2276
Area
210
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Örbyhus slott 1.jpg
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Commons category
Örbyhus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • References

Örbyhus is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,153 inhabitants in 2018.

Örbyhus Castle, located a few kilometers from the village, is where king Eric XIV of Sweden was imprisoned until his death from arsenic poisoning on 26 February 1577.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Örbyhus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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