Official Name: | Lönsboda |
Image Alt: | Lönsboda railway station |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Scania#Sweden#European Union |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Osby Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Scania County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Scania |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.28 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 1,903 |
Population Density Km2: | 834 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Postal Code: | 280 70; 283 93 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 56.4°N 33°W |
Lönsboda is the second largest locality in Osby Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 1,903 inhabitants in 2010.
Lönsboda is situated in north-eastern Scania, about 20 km east of the municipal seat Osby and near the region border to Blekinge and Kronoberg.
The community grew up around a railway station which was opened in 1901.
Lönsboda has a connection to the United States and its military history. Sculptors obtained a block of black diabase for the pedestal of the Marine Corps War Memorial from quarries in Lönsboda.