Lönsboda

Lönsboda is the second largest locality in Osby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,903 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Lönsboda
Lönsboda railway station
Lönsboda
Lönsboda
Coordinates: 56°24′N 14°19′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceSkåne
CountySkåne County
MunicipalityOsby Municipality
Area
  Total2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
  Total1,903
  Density834/km2 (2,160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
280 70; 283 93

Lönsboda is situated in north-eastern Scania, about 20 km east of the municipal seat Osby and near the provincial border to Blekinge and Småland.

The community grew up around a railway station which was opened in 1901.

United States Marine Corps War Memorial

Lönsboda has a connection to the United States and its military history. Sculptors obtained a block of black diabase for the pedestal of the Marine Corps War Memorial from quarries in Lönsboda.

References

  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.


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