Sigtuna Municipality

Sigtuna is a municipality (in Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish Stockholm County and the historic province of Uppland. It is located about 50 km north- west of Stockholm and has an area of 328 km ². Capital is Märsta, other villages are the city Sigtuna, Husby - Ärlinghundra, Norrsunda, Roser Mountain, Skepptuna and other smaller villages.

Geography

The territory of the municipality of Sigtuna is largely flat and agriculturally used. In the southeast of the community of bird lake is Fysingen. The southern border is formed by branches of the Mälaren as Sigtunafjärden on which the city is located Sigtuna, and Skofjärden. In the south, there are also some of the finest Swedish castles, such as The Royal Castle Roser mountain, castle Steninge among others In the center of town just a few kilometers northeast of the capital Märsta, is the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.

Economy

In the municipality of Sigtuna the service sector dominates. Arlanda has over 13,000 employees in various sectors of the largest workplace. In the town of Sigtuna and near which there is a series of national education and training facilities, and conference centers. Some small and medium-sized industrial enterprises have settled in the town of Sigtuna.