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Surte () is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 5,798 inhabitants in 2010. Surte Church is located in the town.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Surte
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Surtesweden.JPG
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Surte in September 2008
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Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
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Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Ale Municipality
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County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Västra Götaland County
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Province
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Västergötlandand Bohuslän
Settlement.area_total_km2
3.61
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2010
Settlement.population_footnotes
(including Bohus)
Settlement.population_total
5,798
Settlement.population_density_km2
1604
Settlement.timezone
CET

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Surte () is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 5,798 inhabitants in 2010. Surte Church is located in the town.

It is located some 15 kilometers north of Gothenburg. Surte became well known for its glass works that started production in 1862 and became one of the major mechanized glass works in Sweden. It was bought by in 1960 and shut down in 1978.

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

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