Bäckebo

Bäckebo
Bäckebo
	Bäckebo church
	Bäckebo Bäckebo
	Coordinates: 56°53′N 16°04′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Småland
County	Kalmar County
Municipality	Nybro Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	0.84 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	219
• Density	260/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Bäckebo is a locality situated in Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 219 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the World War II Bäckebo rocket incident, in which the test flight of a German V-2 rocket, bound for Denmark, went astray and exploded above a cornfield near the hamlet of Gräsdals.[1]

Gallery

Bäckebo school
Bäckebo parish hall

References

"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.

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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.