Country Sweden Seat Märsta ISO 3166 code SE Province Uppland | County Stockholm County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 0191 | |
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Clubs and Teams Valsta Syrianska IK, Wings HC Arlanda Points of interest Rosersberg Palace, Venngarn Castle, Steninge Palace, Sigtuna museer, Sankt Pers kyrkoruin | ||
Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta, approximately 37 km north of the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
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Map of Sigtuna, Sweden
The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.
The municipality consists of several former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the larger modern town of Märsta.
The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.
Industry
In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Siguna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property. Scandinavian Airlines previously had its head office on the airport property.
Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinned with: