What is "stocksjo"

Stöcksjö is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 215 inhabitants in 2010.

Stöcksjö is a village located 9,6 km south of the Swedish town Umeå.

In the centra of Stöcksjö a lake named Stöcksjön situated with different bathing places. There is a beach with locker rooms, toilets, barbercue site and a candy trolley in the summer. Also there is a Nudist beach located on Dragonudden. It offers a barbercue site, benches and toilets. In the winter the lake is a popular place for jig and also cross-country skiing. Stöcksjö also has a school named Stöcksjö Skola. It is a primary school with a preschool that was earlier on divided in two divisions. One was called Trollet and the other was called Vätten. Since 2012 there are four different sections named Lusten, Modet, Glädjen and Viljan. Stöcksjö skolan is located on Norra Byvägen 40 and is fairly close to the forest, who is used almost daily by kids when they play in the school playground during breaks from class.

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.