Borensberg is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 situated in Motala Municipality

Motala Municipality

Motala Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Motala....

, Östergötland County

Östergötland County

Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...

, Sweden

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 with 2,712 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 15 km east of Motala

Motala

Motala is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,798 inhabitants in 2005. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping...

 next to the Göta kanal and lake Boren and has an industrial area known for plastics manufacturing, including plastic sheet manufacturer Arla Plast

Arla Plast

Arla Plast AB , headquartered in Borensberg, Sweden is one of Europe's leading suppliers of solid extruded thermoplastic sheet. They extrude solid sheet out of polycarbonate, Copolyester , ABS and polyolefins...

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The original name of the town was Husbyfjöl, as which it was first mentioned 17 April 1307. It is known to have been the place of a bridge on the Skänninge

Skänninge

Skänninge is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,242 inhabitants in 2005. It lies about 10 km north of the municipal seat Mjölby....

-Örebro

Örebro

-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....

 road since former times. It is known to have hosted a pub during the reign of queen Christina of Sweden

Christina of Sweden

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The building of Göta Canal

Göta Canal

The Göta Canal is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. It formed the backbone of a waterway stretching some 382 miles , linking a number of lakes and rivers to provide a route from Gothenburg on the west coast to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea via the river Göta älv and the...

had a major impact on the town. It gave the town its current name as well as brought with it the growth of the town to its current size.

Husbyfjöl market is held annually in September.