Enköping
Enköping municipality offers quality and opportunities for work and leisure in a historical environment. Enköping is prettily located by Lake Mälaren and has three international airports within an hour’s journey from the central town. Good communications with Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås means they are within comfortable commuting distance. In addition to this, Enköping has 38 towns within a 120 km radius, which has given the town the epithet “Sweden’s nearest town”.
Facts about the municipality
Population numbers
44429
Size by area
1324 km²
Housing
Enköping municipality consists of the population centres Enköping, Örsundsbro, Hummelsta, Grillby, Fjärdhundra, Bredsand, Lillkyrka and Haga. The municipality has 44,429 inhabitants and is located in the south-western part of Uppsala county. The municipal housing company Enköpings Hyresbostäder manages around 2,500 homes throughout the municipality.
Language groups in the locality
The municipality offers first language teaching in Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Turkish, Russian, Turkmen, Arabic, Somali, Tigrinya, Persian, Pashtu, Polish, Kirundi, Spanish, Thai, English, Finnish, Greek, Syrian and German.
Teaching of other languages may be offered if there are more than five pupils within the language group.
Associations and organisations
Enköping municipality offers a broad range of sports and cultural associations. You can find more information on the municipality's website, which also includes contact information.
What is available in the immediate area
In Enköping you have access to both shops and other services. Libraries are located in Örsundsbro, Grillby and Fjärdhundra as well as in Enköping.
Childcare
There are 41 municipal and private nursery schools in the municipality.
Compulsory schools and upper secondary schools
There are 19 municipal and private comprehensive schools in the municipality, and also Westerlundska upper secondary school.
Education opportunities
The municipality offers different types of adult education and Swedish for immigrants, sfi. On the municipality's website you can read more about the available opportunities.
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Health and medical care
Within the municipality you'll find a number of different forms of care. Here there are amongst other things a welfare centre for general issues and access to child care, antenatal care and dental care. On the municipality's website you can find more information about who you can turn to for different areas of care.
Interpreter assistance
With all contact with the authorities, the municipality and health services, you are entitled to interpreting help if you do not speak or understand Swedish. This is booked in advance of the actual meeting.
Public transport
Buses from Enköping to Uppsala and Västerås depart several times per hour.
Work and entrepreneurship
With around 2,700 registered companies, Enköping offers a varied labour market. Traditionally, business has been based on small and medium-sized companies within the engineering sector, but also agriculture and associated sectors are of great importance. Currently, almost 800 businesses operate within the green sectors in the municipality.
The major public employers include Enköping municipality, the Swedish Armed Forces and Region Uppsala. The proximity to Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås also means that residents in the municipality can comfortably commute to work there.
