Västanån
Västanån is a locality in Gävleborg County, Norrland and has about 100 residents. Västanån is situated nearby to the hamlet Högmo, as well as near the locality Östanå.- Type: Locality with 100 residents
- Description: settlement in Älvkarleby Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Vastana”, “Västanå”, and “Vestanå”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Älvkarleby Church and Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station.
Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
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Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant with 5 Francis turbines at Älvkarleby, Sweden. It was built in 1911. From 1988 to 1991 a new power plant with a single Francis turbine was added, increasing its generation power from 70 MW to 126 MW.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Älvkarleby and Skutskär.
Älvkarleby
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Älvkarleby is a town and municipality at the northern edge of Uppsala County, where Dalälven reaches the Baltic Sea, between Tierp and Gävle.
Skutskär
Town
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Skutskär is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Älvkarleby Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,075 inhabitants in 2010. According to the census of 2000 6,003 people lived in Skutskär, most of them in Älvkarleby Municipality, but a minor part in Gävle Municipality in Gävleborg County. Skutskär is situated 6 km north of Västanån.
Gårdskär
Village
Gårdskär is a locality situated in Älvkarleby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 352 inhabitants in 2010. Gårdskär is situated 8 km northeast of Västanån.
Västanån
- Category: minor locality in Sweden
- Location: Gävleborg County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Västanån” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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