Tvååker

Tvååker is the second largest locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 2,534 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 15 km south-east of Varberg.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Tvååker
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Halland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Varberg Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Halland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Halland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.23
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010

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Tvååker is the second largest locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 2,534 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 15 km south-east of Varberg.

==Name== The actual name Tvååker could be translated as twofield (or twoacre). But it is instead a corruption of the name Toaker (1198). The word to has been interpreted as flax, i.e. "flax field".