Stöcksjö
Stöcksjö
Place in Västerbotten, Sweden
Stöcksjö is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 215 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Stöcksjö is a village located 9,6 km south of the Swedish town Umeå.
In the center of Stöcksjö a lake named Stöcksjön situated with different bathing places. There is a beach with locker rooms, toilets, barbecue site and a candy trolley in the summer.[2] There is a nudist beach located on Dragonudden. It offers a barbecue site, benches and toilets. In the winter the lake is a popular place for jig and also cross-country skiing.[3][4] Stöcksjö also has a school named Stöcksjö Skola. It is a primary school with a preschool that was earlier divided into two parts, Trollet and Vätten. Since 2012 there are four different sections named Lusten, Modet, Glädjen and Viljan.[5] Stöcksjö skolan is located on Norra Byvägen 40[6] and is fairly close to the forest, which is used almost daily by kids when they play in the school playground during breaks from class.[7]
Besides from Stöcksjön and Stöcksjö Skola there is a riding stable named SURF. It stands for Södra Umeå Ryttarförening (Southern Umeå Equestrian society). The riding stable is located on the address Södra kustvägen 30 in Stöcksjö.[8]