province in Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Närke is a historical province in central Sweden. The older spellning, Nerike, is still around in the name of local newspaper Nerikes Allehanda.
Närke | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 | |
| Coordinates: 59°14′35″N 15°16′16″E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Land | Svealand |
| Counties | Örebro County Västmanland County Södermanland County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,122 km2 (1,592 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 195,414 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Language | Swedish Sveamål |
| Culture | |
| • Flower | Cowslip |
| • Animal | Hazel Dormouse |
| • Bird | Yellow bunting |
| • Fish | Pike |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
