Bergagård

Bergagård
Bergagård
	Bergagård Bergagård
	Coordinates: 56°58′40″N 12°34′32″E / 56.97778°N 12.57556°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Halland
County	Halland County
Municipality	Falkenberg Municipality
Area
• Total	0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	250
• Density	809/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Bergagård is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 250 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] It is located about 11 kilometers east of Falkenberg.

The village appeared for the first time in writing in 1569. The name is formed of the words berg (mountain) and gård (farm).^[2] It is located close to a hill with a view over river Ätran. Falkenbergs Motorbana auto racing circuit is located close to the village, which also hosts a school and a kindergarten. Large parts of the village were built in the 1970s when much housing construction took place.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ Sahlgren, Jöran (1950). Ortnamnen i Hallands län 2. Bebyggelsenamn i mellersta Halland (PDF) (in Swedish). p. 268.

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[scb-1] "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

[2] Sahlgren, Jöran (1950). Ortnamnen i Hallands län 2. Bebyggelsenamn i mellersta Halland (PDF) (in Swedish). p. 268.

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