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Färjestaden is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,018 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the southern part of the island of Öland, on the Kalmar Strait side, south of Borgholm. Färjestaden, literally The Ferry Town, is named after the ferries that used to be the only connection to the mainland. Nowadays the car-bridge Ölandsbron connects the mainland with the island, and Färjestaden has had an impressive population increase, making it several times bigger than the town Mörbylånga.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Färjestaden
Settlement.image_skyline
Färjestaden Sommarbutiker 01.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden Kalmar#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Öland
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kalmar County
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Mörbylånga Municipality
Settlement.area_total_km2
4.64
Settlement.population_total
5,018
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2010
Settlement.population_density_km2
1082
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST

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Färjestaden is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,018 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the southern part of the island of Öland, on the Kalmar Strait side, south of Borgholm. Färjestaden, literally The Ferry Town, is named after the ferries that used to be the only connection to the mainland. Nowadays the car-bridge Ölandsbron connects the mainland with the island, and Färjestaden has had an impressive population increase, making it several times bigger than the town Mörbylånga.

In the city center of Färjestaden there is a shopping mall with, among other things, a pharmacy, grocery store and local library.

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

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