Sigtuna Municipality (Sigtuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Märsta.
The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm.
The municipality consists of a lot of former local government units and was formed in 1971. It got its name from the small, but very old, City of Sigtuna, but the seat was placed in the much larger modern town of Märsta.
The three towns of the municipality are Märsta (pop. 23,000), Sigtuna (pop. 8,000) and Rosersberg (pop. 1,400), of which Märsta is the municipal seat and Sigtuna with its old and important history is a popular tourist destination.
Modern residential area in
Märsta
Rosersbergs palace near Rosersberg in Sigtuna Municipality
Skånela church, Skånela in Sigtuna Municipality
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In the municipality lies the largest workplace in Sweden, the Arlanda Airport, with 13,000 employees in 200 companies. As a result, Siguna is travelled through by 18,300,000 visitors yearly, and has the fourth most hotel stays, following to the commercial and regional centres Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.[citation needed]
Scandinavian Airlines has its head office on the airport property.[3] Swedavia, the Swedish airport management company, has its head office on the airport property.[4]
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[edit] Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinned [5] with:
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Coordinates: 59°37′N 17°43′E / 59.617°N 17.717°E / 59.617; 17.717
