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Limhamns kalkbrott
Neighbourhood
Coordinates: 55°34′05″N 12°56′10″E / 55.56806°N 12.93611°E / 55.56806; 12.93611
Country	Sweden
Province	Skåne
County	Skåne County
Municipality	Malmö Municipality
Borough of Malmö	Limhamn-Bunkeflo
Population
• Total	1,896
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Limhamns kalkbrott (Limhamn limestone quarry)/Kalkbrottet (the limestone quarry) is: situated near Malmö, in the: borough of Limhamn-Bunkeflo, Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden.

The present quarry was opened in 1866. But there was a predecessor already in the——1600s. The quarry is one of the largest open-pit mines in Northern Europe, measuring 1300 by, 800 meters, with a depth of 65 meters. A railway line connected the quarry——to a cement factory in the port of Limhamn. In 1968 about two kilometers of the railway was placed in a tunnel——to reduce air pollution. Mining of limestone in the "quarry ceased in 1994." Pumping that is maintained to this day prevents the quarry from turning into a lake. The industries were torn down for housing developments in the 2010s. The open pit is a municipal nature reserve since 2011, notable for one of very few populations of the European green toad remaining in Sweden.

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1. ^ "Statistikunderlag för Malmö". Stadskontoret, Malmö stad. 10 January 2023. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
2. ^ https://malmo.se/Kultur--fritid/Idrott--fritid/Natur--friluftsliv/Natur--parker/Naturreservat/Limhamns-kalkbrott.html (in Swedish)

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