Skepplanda

Skepplanda is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,803 inhabitants in 2010.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Skepplanda
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ale Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västra Götaland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Västergötland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.04
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 1,803
Settlement.population_density_km2: 1737
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

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Vikings in Skepplanda
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Skepplanda is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,803 inhabitants in 2010.

Despite the size of the village, it has a swimming facility, a tennis court and a sports centre. Skepplanda has two different schools: Garnvindeskolan (pre-school and grades 1 to 3), Alboskolan (for grades 4 to 6), as well as a daycare centre. The town square, "Albotorget", is the core of Skepplanda. There, one can find a grocery shop, a hairdresser, a pizza place, a library and a café, as well as a clinic. Across from it, there is a parish.

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