Arkelstorp Explained

Official Name:Arkelstorp
Pushpin Map:Sweden Skåne#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kristianstad Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Skåne County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Skåne
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.08
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:768
Population Density Km2:714
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.1667°N 31°W

Arkelstorp is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. At the end of 2010 it had 768 inhabitants. The name was written in the 1570s Archilstorp and is taken from the village on whose land the settlement grew after the opening of the railway station in 1885. The suffix is torp, 'new building'. The prefix contains the male name Arnketil.[2]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Arkelstorp:

Furniture

The following furniture pieces are included in the IKEA Arkelstorp Series:[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenskt ortnamnslexikon : utarbetat inom Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet och Institutionen för nordiska språk vid Uppsala universitet . 2003 . Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet . Mats Wahlberg, Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala universitet. Institutionen för nordiska språk. . 91-7229-020-X . Uppsala . 56599861.
  3. Web site: IKEA Australia | Affordable Swedish Home Furniture.