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Alvesta

Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E / 56.900°N 14.550°E / 56.900; 14.550
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Not to be confused with Avesta in Dalarna County, Sweden.
Alvesta
Alvesta railway station (Alvesta järnvägsstation)
Alvesta railway station
(Alvesta järnvägsstation)
Alvesta is located in Kronoberg
Alvesta
Alvesta
Alvesta is located in Sweden
Alvesta
Alvesta
Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E / 56.900°N 14.550°E / 56.900; 14.550
CountrySweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountyKronoberg County
MunicipalityAlvesta Municipality
Area
[1]
 • 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 (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈâlːvɛsta] ⓘ)[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 is an important railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway with the Gothenburg–Kalmar/Karlskrona railway.


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  1. ^ a b c "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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