Barsebäck
Encyclopedia
Barsebäck is a locality
situated in Kävlinge Municipality
, Skåne County
, Sweden
with 509 inhabitants in 2005.
It lies about 4 km east of the harbour village Barsebäckshamn
. It is known for the (now closed) Barsebäck nuclear power plant
, and for the internationally known golf course
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club
with an annual world class golf
tournament.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Kävlinge Municipality
Kävlinge Municipality
Kävlinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kävlinge.-Localities:...
, Skåne County
Skåne County
Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...
, Sweden
Sweden
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with 509 inhabitants in 2005.
It lies about 4 km east of the harbour village Barsebäckshamn
Barsebäckshamn
Barsebäckshamn is a locality situated in Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 401 inhabitants in 2005....
. It is known for the (now closed) Barsebäck nuclear power plant
Barsebäck nuclear power plant
Barsebäck is a closed boiling water nuclear power plant in Sweden, which is situated in Barsebäck, Kävlinge Municipality, Skåne. Located just 20 kilometers from the Danish capital, Copenhagen, the Danish government pressed for its closure during its entire lifetime. As a result of the Swedish...
, and for the internationally known golf course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club
Barsebäck Golf & Country Club is a golf club located in Barsebäck in the province of Skåne in southern Sweden, just by the Oresund strait.The club has two 18-hole courses, the 72-par Masters Course and the 71-par Donald Steel Course , as well as a 9-hole course...
with an annual world class golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament.