Lerdala is a
locality
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situated in
Skövde Municipality
Skövde Municipality (''Skövde kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Skövde.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the ''City of Skövde'' was amalgamated with ...
,
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
,
Sweden
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with 409 inhabitants in 2010.
It is located between
Skövde
Skövde () is a locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central Southern Sweden.
Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Swe ...
and
Skara
Skara is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 18,580 inhabitants in 2013. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long educational and ecc ...
. In the summer there are many more people due to the high number of summer cabins in the surrounding area. Lerdala is not to be mixed with the neighbouring village of Timmersdala. Lerdala has a school with around 100 children in the ages of 6-13, also a kindergarten.
Outside Lerdala in the Skara direction there is a bathing place which in the summer attracts a lot of people, a partying place called "Gröna lund". Also there is a golf course which is considered to be one of the hardest in the region. Sparresäter is a private school for "Nature care" it is located 5 km from Lerdala across the valley. The nature around Lerdala is amazing, formed by the ice age the landscape is almost moonlike not a flat spot. With hills, valleys, swamps, thick woods, big natural "pits" it is forbidden to "destroy" or change anything.
Notable People
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Shy Martin
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, singer and songwriter
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Marcus Hellner
Carl Marcus Joakim Hellner (born 25 November 1985) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed between 2003 and 2018. He retired at the end of the 2017-18 FIS World Cup season.
Athletic career
Hellner had a total of seven victories in ...
, cross-country skier
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Johanna Frändén
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, sports journalist
References
Populated places in Västra Götaland County
Populated places in Skövde Municipality
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