Spånga-Tensta is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') located in Västerort in the western part of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. The

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

that make up the borough are

Bromsten Bromsten () is a middle-class district of northwestern Stockholm and belongs to the Spånga-Tensta borough. The ruins of an ancient hill fort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to explo ...

Flysta Flysta is a part of the congregation Spånga in the westernmost parts of the Stockholm municipality, located just over 10 km from the centre of Stockholm. It is a part of the Spånga-Tensta borough. Despite its location in a predominantly r ...

, Lunda, Solhem, Sundby and Tensta. A large portion of Järvafältet is also located in Spånga-Tensta as well as in the districts of

Akalla Akalla is a district ( sv, stadsdel) in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Akalla has a population of roughly 9.100 as of 2018, in which immigrants, mostly from Asia and Africa, make up 60,4% of the population. Akalla is located on the b ...

and Husby in neighboring Rinkeby-Kista borough. The borough includes of the community of

Spånga Spånga is a community and parish in the borough of Spånga-Tensta in Stockholm County, Sweden. Background Spånga was an independent municipality until January 1, 1949 when most of it was merged with the City of Stockholm, with smaller por ...

. The population is 34,448 on an area of 12.85 km², which gives a density of 2,680.78/km².

Transport

The transport provided is: *Rail: The Blue Line of the

Stockholm Metro The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three colou ...

, running from Kungsträdgården in the city centre to Hjulsta station in the north west. It has two stations in the borough of Spånga-Tensta, Hjulsta and Tensta, both inaugurated in 1975. Commuter rail has one station, Spånga Station. *Bus: Several bus routes serve the borough. *Car: E18/Hjulstavägen runs on the north of Hjulsta and Tensta. When finished, the

Förbifart Stockholm Förbifart Stockholm (''Stockholm Bypass'') is a series of underground motorway tunnels currently under construction between the Kungens Kurva interchange in the south of Stockholm and the Häggvik interchange north of Stockholm. Most of this byp ...

motorway will connect to E18 at Hjulsta.

References

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Boroughs of Stockholm Västerort {{Sweden-geo-stub