Arild
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 Arild
Arild
in Skåne County |
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| Coordinates: 56°16′N 12°34′E / 56.267°N 12.567°ECoordinates: 56°16′N 12°34′E / 56.267°N 12.567°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Skåne |
| County | Skåne County |
| Municipality | Höganäs Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010) | |
| • Total | 522 |
| • Density | 359/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | Arilds Byalag |
Arild is a locality situated in Höganäs Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 522 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the bay of Skälderviken in north-western Scania, approximately 30 km north of Helsingborg in Sweden. Arild belongs to Brunnby parish with its seat in Brunnby. The parish is represented in Arild by Arilds Chapel. The village was mostly concentrated around the chapel and the shoreline but has come to extend uphill towards Kullaberg, creating height differences between the various parts of the village. The coastline surrounding the village and the majority of the northern shore of the Kullen peninsula is mountainous.
The Arild Legend tells the story of a woman named Inger, a widow who single-handedly bore the responsibility of her two young sons, Arild and Tore. Inger decided to marry one of her many suitors, a particularly persistent one, master David, whose intentions, unfortunately, turned out to be less than noble. Master David made sure that Inger's sons were aboard a ship that was set afire at sea in Skälderviken, thus securing an inheritance for himself and his own sons. Legend has it that Arild's body washed ashore at what is today known as Arild and that Tore's body perhaps drifted across Skälderviken to the place which is now called Torekov which is located on the Bjärre peninsula.
The evolution of the name Arild has gone through various changes since 1508 when the locality was referred to as Hellige Aruitz leye i Kuldenn. The village was also referred to as Hele Arveds Leye in 1569, Arillsläge in 1751 by Carl von Linné, Arildsläge in 1917 and finally established as Arild in 1929 when a local post office was opened in the village and a postal code had to be established.
Like Mölle, which is also located close to Kullaberg, on the Kullen peninsula, Arild has been a well known resort since the beginning of the 20th century. Amongst the first to discover Arild as a holiday resort were Europe's fashionable elite. Arild was and still is a very popular with painters and other artists.
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