
Skrubba is a district ( sv, stadsdel) in the
Skarpnäck borough Skarpnäck may refer to:
* Skarpnäck borough in Stockholm, Sweden
*Skarpnäck metro station, a Stockholm metro station
* Skarpnäck parish, a Church of Sweden parish in Stockholm, Sweden
* Skarpnäcksfältet, a subdistrict in Skarpnäcks Gård dist ...
of
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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.
Skrubba borders in the north to the district of
Flaten, in the east to
Trollbäcken in
Tyresö municipality and in the west and south to Lake
Drevviken
Drevviken is a lake in southern Stockholm, Sweden, shared by the four municipalities Stockholm, Haninge, Huddinge, and Tyresö.
While much of the surrounding area is used for one-family houses, the lake and the green space north of it are conside ...
. As of 2017, Skrubba has 14 permanent residents. Skrubbatriangeln is an industrial area on the eastern end of the district, next to the border to
Tyresö Municipality
Tyresö Municipality (''Tyresö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the Stockholm urban area.
History
The first humans arrived in what ...
. The area was inaugurated in 1987.
Strandkyrkogården is a cemetery which was inaugurated in 1996. The area encompasses 25 hectares of land that alternates between open parkland and enclosed forest areas. An
allotment garden
An allotment (British English), or in North America, a community garden, is a plot of land made available for individual, non-commercial gardening or growing food plants, so forming a kitchen garden away from the residence of the user. Such plot ...
is near to the shore of lake
Drevviken
Drevviken is a lake in southern Stockholm, Sweden, shared by the four municipalities Stockholm, Haninge, Huddinge, and Tyresö.
While much of the surrounding area is used for one-family houses, the lake and the green space north of it are conside ...
. Except for Strandkyrkogården, the western parts of Skrubba are part of Flaten nature reserve (''Flatens naturreservat'').
References
Districts of Stockholm
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