Särö

Särö () is an area in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 3,165 inhabitants in 2010. It is located south of Gothenburg on the Särö peninsula. Geographically, the peninsula marks the transition from the Bohuslän archipelago in the north and the long, flat Halland coast in the south. The nature reserve Särö Västerskog is located nearby.

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Settlement.official_name: Särö
Settlement.image_skyline: Särö.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Särö
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Halland#Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kungsbacka
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Halland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Halland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 4.50
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 3,165
Settlement.population_density_km2: 704
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Population: 3165
Area: 450
Image: Särö.JPG

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Originally an agricultural area, Särö became most popular during the end of the 19th century when the middle class of nearby Gothenburg started to use the peninsula as a summer resort. A railway from central Gothenburg was built, and the kings Oscar II and Gustav V frequented the area during the summer. Today, Särö is an affluent suburb of Gothenburg and Kungsbacka. Now the older part of the town of Särö is located on the peninsula of the same name and is a villa community with several centuries-old villas. Särö now has many well-located Gothenburgers which have had summer villas there.