Alvesta

Alvesta (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈâlːvɛsta] (listen))[2] is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.[1]

Alvesta
Alvesta railway station
(Alvesta järnvägsstation)
Alvesta
Alvesta
Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountyKronoberg County
MunicipalityAlvesta Municipality
Area
  Total6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
  Total8,017
  Density1,535/km2 (3,980/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the StockholmMalmöCopenhagen railway with the GothenburgKalmar/Karlskrona railway.


References

  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 4.



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