Ovanåker Municipality
Ovanåker Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn. The subdivision reform of 1952 saw the amalgamation of "old" Ovanåker with Voxna. In 1977 Alfta was added.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Municipality with 11,300 residents
- Description: municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden
- Also known as: “2121”, “Ovanakers Kommun”, “Ovanåkers kommun”, and “Ovanoker”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edsbyn Arena.
Edsbyn Arena
Sports venue
Photo: Golonka66, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Edsbyn Arena is a sports venue in Edsbyn, Sweden. It is the home of Edsbyns IF. Inaugurated on 22 September 2003 by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, it was the first indoor bandy rink in Sweden.
Ovanåker Municipality
- Categories: municipality of Sweden and locality
- Location: Gävleborg County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.4167° or 61° 25′ northLongitude
15.8167° or 15° 49′ eastPopulation
11,300Elevation
295 metres (968 feet)Open location code
9FHQCR88+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 302270330OpenStreetMap feature
place=municipalityGeoNames ID
2685092Wikidata ID
Q505085
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ovanåker Municipality” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلدية أوفانوكر”
- Asturian: “conceyu d’Ovanåkers (Suecia)”
- Asturian: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Asturian: “Ovanåkers”
- Basque: “Ovanåker udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Уванокер”
- Bulgarian: “Уванокер”
- Catalan: “municipi d’Ovanåker”
- Catalan: “Municipi d’Ovanåker”
- Cebuano: “Ovanåkers Kommun”
- Chinese: “Ovanåker Chū-tī-chhī”
- Chinese: “奥瓦诺克尔市镇”
- Chinese: “奧瓦諾克爾市鎮”
- Czech: “Ovanåker”
- Danish: “Ovanåker Kommune”
- Danish: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Dutch: “Ovanåker”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلدية اوڤاناكير”
- Esperanto: “komunumo Ovanåker”
- Esperanto: “Ovanåker”
- Esperanto: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Faroese: “Ovanåkers kommuna”
- Finnish: “Ovanåker”
- Finnish: “Ovanåkerin kunta”
- French: “Commune d’Ovanaker”
- French: “Commune d’Ovanåker”
- French: “Ovanåker”
- Galician: “Ovanåker”
- German: “Gemeinde Ovanåker”
- German: “Ovanåker”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Ovanåker”
- Italian: “Ovanåker”
- Korean: “오바노케르시”
- Ladin: “Ovanåker”
- Limburgan: “Ovanåker”
- Lithuanian: “Ovanokeris”
- Lombard: “Ovanåker”
- Low German: “Kommun Ovanåker”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ovanåker Chū-tī-chhī”
- Northern Frisian: “Ovanåker (Komuun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Ovanåker”
- Northern Sami: “Ovanåkera gielda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ovanåker kommune”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kommunen Ovanåker”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ovanåker kommun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ovanåker kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ovanåker”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ovanåkers kommune”
- Norwegian: “Ovanåker kommune”
- Persian: “بخش اووانوکر”
- Polish: “Gmina Ovanaker”
- Polish: “Gmina Ovanåker”
- Portuguese: “Ovanåker”
- Romanian: “Comuna Ovanåker”
- Russian: “коммуна Уванокер”
- Russian: “Уванокер”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ovanåker”
- Slovenian: “Občina Ovanåker”
- Slovenian: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Ovanåker”
- Swedish: “Ovanåker kommun”
- Swedish: “Ovanåkers kommun”
- Turkish: “Ovanåker”
- Ukrainian: “Уванокер”
- Vietnamese: “Ovanåker”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Torraberg and Västra Roteberg.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lilla Skottjärnaberget and Skottjärnen.
Gävleborg County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Gävle, Sandviken, Hudiksvall, and Söderhamn.
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