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Huddinge kommun
County	Stockholm County
Province	Södermanland
Seat	Huddinge (part of Stockholm urban area)
Area  • Total area  • Land area	269th of 290 131 km²
Population  • Total	18th of 290 87,681 inhabitants
Density  • Total	667 inhabitants/km²
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Population as of 2005

Huddinge Municipality (Huddinge kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Stockholm County, central Sweden. It is the second most populated municipality in Stockholm County. The bulk of the built-up area is within the multimunicipal Stockholm urban area.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demography 3 Localities 4 Public transport 5 History 6 Subdivisions 7 Culture 8 Twin Cities 9 External links

The municipality covers the entire central part of the Södertörn peninsula. More than half of the land area consists of agriculture, forests, hills, or lakes, and it contains seven nature reserves.

Huddinge borders the following municipalities: Stockholm Municipality, Ekerö Municipality (by water), Botkyrka Municipality, Haninge Municipality and Tyresö Municipality (by water).

Huddinge has a total population of roughly 90,000, or 4.5% of the population of Stockholm County. The average age is 36.7 years, but one-third of the population is under 25 years of age. This means that Huddinge has a slightly younger population than both Stockholm County (38.9 years) and the whole country (40.6 years). The population density of the municipality is increasing significantly. Since the 1960s, the population has doubled in size and is currently among the 20 largest municipalities in Sweden.

• Stockholm urban area (part of) 86,802 inh.
• Vidja 633 inh.
• Rural areas 2,465 inh.

Huddinge is serverd by the Stockholm public transport system. There are two stations on the Stockholm Metro and five on the Stockholm commuter rail system as well as large bus network. Some main line train call at Flemingsberg.

It is believed that the history of Huddinge goes back at least 1,000 years, to before the Viking Age. When hostile ships approached the community, the inhabitants of Huddinge would climb to high locations and light beacons. Beacons were located around the entirety of Lake Mälaren. Huddinge's coat of arms has its origins in this tradition. The name Huddinge is believed to come from the Uddung's - the first inhabitants in this area, which during the iron age lived on the shores of the Mälaren lake nearby Vårby.

Huddinge municipality is sub-divided into six districts:

• Skogås/Trångsund (pop. 22,223)
• Sjödalen/Fullersta (pop. 18,439)
• Stuvsta/Snättringe (pop. 14,879)
• Flemingsberg (pop. 12,682)
• Segeltorp (pop. 10,507)
• Vårby (pop. 9,271), including Masmo

There are four territorial parishes of the Church of Sweden within the municipality: Huddinge, Trångsund, Flemingsberg and St. Mikael.

The municipality contains six public libraries, Södertörn University College and one of the campuses for Karolinska Institutet.

Kungens Kurva is one of Sweden's largest shopping areas. It hosts, among other things, the largest IKEA store in the world, the largest cinema in the country, and a large shopping centre. In total, it generates a turnover of 6 billion Swedish krona and has 15 million visitors per year.

	Lyngby-Taarbæk, Denmark
	Vanda, Finland
	Nuuk, Greenland
	Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
	Askim, Norway

• Huddinge - Official site

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