Vallentuna

Vallentuna is the seat of Vallentuna Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, with 33,219^[3] inhabitants in 2018. Vallentuna's cultural landscape is well preserved, and human habitation in the area has been traced back as far as the Stone Age. Archeological excavations in southern Vallentuna, near Lilla Gävsjö, uncovered remains of a Stone Age settlement.^[4]

Vallentuna
Vallentuna Church
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Coordinates: 59°32′N 18°05′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Uppland
County	Stockholm County
Municipality	Vallentuna Municipality and Täby Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	15.96 km2 (6.16 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)[2]
• Total	33,336
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

During the Bronze Age, population settlements increased in Vallentuna and the surrounding Roslagen area, when the landmass gradually rose as a result of the retreating ice glaciers.^[5]

See also

• Greater Stockholm
• Demoex