Rinkaby

Rinkaby is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 745 inhabitants in 2010. It is close to Lake Hammarsjön and roughly halfway between Kristianstad and Åhus. The village has a pre-school and primary school housed in a 19th century building. There is a leisure centre, a football club and some shops.

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Settlement.official_name: Rinkaby
Settlement.image_skyline: Rinkaby kyrka, skåne.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Rinkaby Church
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Skåne#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kristianstad Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Skåne County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Skåne
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.11
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 745
Settlement.population_density_km2: 674
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Official name: Rinkaby
Population: 748
Area: 127
Image: Rinkaby kyrka, skåne.jpg

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The area has Stone Age remains; the name of the village is probably derived from the word rinkʀ (Old West Norse rekkr), meaning 'man' or 'warrior', and by denotes a settlement in Old Swedish. Rinkaby Church was built in the 13th century and contains medieval murals and an astronomical clock. It is an agricultural community; in the 19th century, the area was famous for growing tobacco, but now specialises in the rearing of Angus cattle.