Alvesta

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Alvesta
Alvesta central station.jpg
Alvesta railway station
(Alvesta järnvägsstation)
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Alvesta
Sweden location map.svg
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Alvesta
Coordinates: 56°54′N14°33′E / 56.900°N 14.550°E / 56.900; 14.550
Country Sweden
Province Småland
County Kronoberg County
Municipality Alvesta Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total
6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010) [1]
 • Total
8,017
 • Density1,535/km2 (3,980/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+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.


References

  1. 1 2 3 "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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