Vankiva

Vankiva
Vankiva Church
Vankiva
Coordinates: 56°11′N 13°44′E / 56.183°N 13.733°ECoordinates: 56°11′N 13°44′E / 56.183°N 13.733°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Skåne
County	Skåne County
Municipality	Hässleholm Municipality
Area[1]
• Total	0.44 km^2 (0.17 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	340
• Density	772/km^2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Vankiva is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 340 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

The society

Besides the church (see below) Vankiva used to have a local store, gas station, train station and school (Vankiva School 1916-2010^[2]). The store, gas station and school have been sold and re-purposed. After the train station was decommissioned its station building was used by the local scouts, Malvan of KFUM-KFUK, until it was razed.

Vankiva have large football ground for the local club Vankiva IF with several grass fields and a gravel one.^[3] The football club yearly hosts a tournament called Ivar Persson Cup.^[4] On the same grounds as the football club is also a community building called Åttingastugan run by the local community and used for holiday celebrations, parties and LAN parties.

Vankiva Church

Vankiva Church is located outside the village center. It was constucted in the 12th century but has been expanded and renovated several times since.^[5]

References

1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. "Tack och hej för Vankiva skola - Kristianstadsbladet". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2015-10-11.
3. "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar 2015 - Vankiva IF — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
4. "Vankiva IF Ivar Persson Cup | laget.se". www.laget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2015-10-12.
5. "Vankiva församling". www.svenskakyrkan.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2015-10-08.