Urshult Explained

Official Name:Urshult
Pushpin Map:Sweden Kronoberg#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Tingsryd Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kronoberg County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Småland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.46
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:794
Population Density Km2:543
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.5333°N 61°W

Urshult (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈʉ̌ːʂhɵlt/)[2] is a locality situated in Tingsryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 794 inhabitants in 2010.

A variety of apple, dark red and harvested in December, was named after the village. The village has a church which was built in 1808.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 2012-01-27 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 26.