Tvååker
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Tvååker is located in Halland Show map of HallandTvååker Tvååker Tvååker is located in Sweden Show map of SwedenTvååker Tvååker | |
| Coordinates: 57°03′N 12°24′E / 57.050°N 12.400°E / 57.050; 12.400 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Halland |
| County | Halland County |
| Municipality | Varberg Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 2,534 |
| • Density | 1,134/km2 (2,940/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Tvååker is the second largest locality situated in Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 2,534 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is located about 15 km south-east of Varberg.
Name
[edit ]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".[2]
Education
[edit ]The village has a lower secondary school, Bosgårdsskolan as well as an upper secondary school, Munkagårdsgymnasiet, which is focused on animal care, agriculture, forestry and landscaping.
Sport
[edit ]The football team, Tvååkers IF was formed in 1920 and has a male team for the first time as high as 2nd league and a joint female team with Galtabäck in the 5th league. A floorball-team, Tvååkers IBK, was formed in 1986 and played in the top league for two seasons in the early 1990s.
Other sports clubs located in Tvååker include:
People from Tvååker
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003.
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