Örby slott
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Örby slott is a residential area in Söderort, Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It has an area of 67 hectare
Hectare
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s and 1,603 inhabitants.

Örby got its name from the Örby Manor (Örby slott) situated in the area, which also has given name to the neiboughring residential area of Örby
Örby
Örby is a residential area in Söderort, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It has an area of 159 hectares and 4,720 inhabitants.Örby got its name from the Örby Manor , which also has given name to the neiboughring residential area of Örby slott...

. The modern area was created in 1956. The manor Örby slott was built by nobleman Governor Henrik Falkenberg and is nowadays used by the Embassy of Vietnam
Vietnam
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