Vindel River
The Vindel River is a river in northern Sweden. It is a tributary to Ume River and the biggest tributary river in Sweden. It lends its name to the Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in Europe, totaling 562,772 ha.Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sweden
- Also known as: “Vinde River” and “Vindelalven”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vännäs Church and Vännäsby.
Vännäs Church
Church
Photo: Olsin.se, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vännäs Church is situated 3½ km northwest of Vindel River.
Vännäsby
Railway stop
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Vännäsby is a railway stop, which is situated 3 km northwest of Vindel River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vännäsby and Gubböle.
Vännäsby
Village
Photo: Olsin.se, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vännäsby is a locality situated in Vännäs Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 1,552 inhabitants in 2010. In Vännäsby, the Vindel merges with the Ume. Vännäsby is situated 2½ km northwest of Vindel River.
Gubböle
Village
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gubböle is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Vindel River.
Vännäs
Photo: Olsin.se, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vännäs municipality, Vännäs kommun, is in Västerbotten in northern Sweden, with around 9,000 inhabitants, half of them in Vännäs itself.
Vindel River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Västerbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Vindel River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vindelrivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Vindel”
- Belarusian: “Віндэльвен”
- Belarusian: “Віндэльвэн”
- Belarusian: “Рака Віндэльвен”
- Bosnian: “Vindel”
- Bulgarian: “Винделелвен”
- Cebuano: “Vindelälven (suba sa Sweden)”
- Cebuano: “Vindelälven”
- Chinese: “溫德爾河”
- Czech: “Vindelälven”
- Danish: “Vindelälven”
- Dutch: “Vindelälven”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ڤينديل”
- Finnish: “Vindelälven”
- French: “Vindelälven”
- Georgian: “ვინდელელვენი”
- German: “Vindelälven”
- Hungarian: “Vindelälven”
- Irish: “Abhainn Vindel”
- Japanese: “ヴィンデル川”
- Japanese: “ビンデル川”
- Ladin: “Vindel”
- Mingrelian: “ვინდელელვენი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vindelälven”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vindelälven”
- Norwegian: “Vindelälven”
- Portuguese: “Rio Vindel”
- Portuguese: “Vindelälven”
- Romanian: “Râul Vindel”
- Romanian: “Vindelälven”
- Slovenian: “Vindel”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویندل چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Vindel”
- Spanish: “Río Vindel”
- Swedish: “Vindelälven”
- Ukrainian: “Вінделельвен”
- Ume Sami: “Vidduoljiennuo”
- Welsh: “Afon Vindel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brån and Brattby.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Johanneskyrkan, Vännäs and Vännäs railway station.
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