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Trelleborg
Sign in to saveTrelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of 31 December 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is one of the most important ferry towns in Scandinavia as well as around the Baltic Sea, and the main town of the Söderslätt agricultural areas.
Trelleborg is a town in southern Sweden with about 43,000 residents that serves as one of Scandinavia's most important ferry hubs for travel around the Baltic Sea region. It matters because of its strategic location as a major transportation gateway and its role as the central town for the surrounding agricultural areas of Söderslätt.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Trelleborg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Trelleborg, Springbrunnen und Turm (2008-07-27).JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Trelleborg vapen.svg
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- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Trelleborg Municipality
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Skåne County
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Scania
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.66
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 43,359
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 2071
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Trelleborg
- Population
- 31366
- Area
- 1695
- Official website
- www.trelleborg.se
- Image
- Trelleborg, Springbrunnen und Turm (2008-07-27).JPG
- Dialing code
- 0410
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- Trelleborg
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- Trelleborg
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- DL-malic acid
- time of earliest written record
- 1257-00-00
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Trelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of 31 December 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is one of the most important ferry towns in Scandinavia as well as around the Baltic Sea, and the main town of the Söderslätt agricultural areas.
==Etymology== The first written record of the name is from 1257, Threlæburgh. The name is found in many places in Scandinavia. Borg means castle or stronghold and träl can mean thrall, but can also refer to the leaning poles on the outside of the medieval Viking stronghold. Remains of the original stronghold were excavated in 1988.
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