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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Tierp
| image_skyline      = Tierp järnvägsstation 2012b.jpg
| image_caption      = [[Tierp Train Station]]
| pushpin_map        = Sweden Uppsala#Sweden
| pushpin_label_position = 
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Sweden]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Tierp Municipality]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Uppsala County]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Uppland]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 4.11
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="scb_urban_area_population_area_population_density">{{cite web | title=Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet| publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] | url=https://www.scb.se/MI0810 |date=31 December 2020 | access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_total   = 6,260 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|20|N|17|30|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| website            = 
}}
'''Tierp''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈtǐːɛrp}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0028.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=24}}</ref> is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Tierp Municipality]], [[Uppsala County]], [[Sweden]] with 6,143 inhabitants in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/miljo/markanvandning/tatorter/|title = Tätorter}}</ref>

==Communications==
Tierp is connected to [[Uppsala]] and [[Gävle]] by commuter train Mälartåget and the new (2007) section of highway [[European route E4|E4]] passes just west of Tierp.

==Sports==
The following sports clubs are located in Tierp:

* [[Strömsbergs IF]]
* [[Tierp City FC]]
* [[Tierps IF]]

[[Tierp Arena]] is located here. It is a world class auto racing facility. The main sport at this facility is Drag Racing. It hosts two FIA European Drag Races per year. One in June and the other in August.

==Main sights==
[[File:Upplands_runinskrifter_U1146.jpg|thumb|left|100px|[[Uppland Runic Inscription 1146|Gillberga runestone]].]]
[[Tämnarån]] is a river passing just west of the locality. The [[Uppland Runic Inscription 1146|Gillberga runestone]] is located across the river, close to where it is crossed by a wooden pedestrian bridge. Two other runestones, [[Uppland Runic Inscription 1144|nr 1144]] and [[Uppland Runic Inscription 1145|1145]], are located a couple of miles south of Tierp.

== References ==
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{{Localities in Tierp Municipality}}
{{Uppsala County}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Uppsala County]]
[[Category:Populated places in Tierp Municipality]]