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Sigtuna

urban area and former city in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
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Sigtuna

Summary

Sigtuna is an urban area in Sweden[1]. Sigtuna ranks in the top 2% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sigtuna is located in Sigtuna Municipality[3].
  • Sigtuna is in the country of Sweden[4].
  • Sigtuna's image is recorded as Stora gatan i Sigtuna nr 1.jpg[5].
  • Sigtuna's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden[6].
  • Sigtuna's founder is recorded as Eric the Victorious[7].
  • Sigtuna's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130254201[8].
  • Sigtuna's GND ID is recorded as 4054954-9[9].
  • Sigtuna's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85207133[10].
  • Sigtuna's postal code is recorded as 193 32[11].
  • Sigtuna's Commons category is recorded as Sigtuna[12].
  • Sigtuna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[13].
  • Sigtuna's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[14].
  • Sigtuna's local dialing code is recorded as 08[15].
  • +0980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sigtuna[16].
  • Sigtuna's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.61731, 'lon': 17.72361}[17].
  • Sigtuna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03_0rr[18].
  • Sigtuna's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0178617[19].
  • Sigtuna's Swedish urban area code is recorded as T0300[20].
  • Sigtuna's official website is recorded as https://www.sigtuna.se[21].
  • Sigtuna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sigtuna[22].
  • Sigtuna's Commons gallery is recorded as Sigtuna[23].
  • Sigtuna's page banner is recorded as Pagebanner sigtuna.jpg[24].
  • Sigtuna's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 05ba12f2-73f1-4568-ac51-c3f4ee05173c[25].
  • Sigtuna's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2581'}[26].
  • Sigtuna's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3234'}[27].

Body

Geography

Sigtuna is in the country of Sweden[4]. Sigtuna is located in Sigtuna Municipality[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+329'}[28], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+342'}[29], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+344'}[30], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+393'}[31], {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+457'}[32], and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+532'}[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2581'}[26], {'amount': '+3234'}[27], {'amount': '+4214'}[34], {'amount': '+8444'}[35], {'amount': '+7204'}[36], and {'amount': '+9074'}[37].

Designation and Status

Sigtuna's instance of is recorded as urban area in Sweden[6].

History and Context

+0980-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Sigtuna[16].

Why It Matters

Sigtuna ranks in the top 2% of urban_area_in_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2] Sigtuna has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Sigtuna is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

Eric the Victorious Gunnar Ekelöf Jonas Eriksson Sweden

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Census 1960. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . scb.se. Retrieved . scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Census 1960. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Population and housing census in 1965. wikidata.org.
  26. [34] ↑ . Population and Housing Census 1970, Part 2. Population in localities. wikidata.org.
  27. [35] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  28. [36] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  29. [37] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Statistical database, Land area by localities, population and population density per sq. km. Every fifth year 1960 - 2015. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → Eric the Victorious
    Inception → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+329'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+342'}, {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+344'} +6
    Category for people born here → Q26943622
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:سگٹونا]]"
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