Sweden
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Gävleborg County

Gavle River

Gavleån or Gävle River is a watercourse in the middle Gästrikland of from Storsjön to Gävle Bay in the .
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Wikipedia
Photo: Trebor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: River
  • Description: river
  • Also known as: “Gavlean” and “Gavleån”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boulognerskogen, Gävle and Strömvallen.

Park
Photo: Mikael Häggström, CC0.
is a park.

Pitch
Photo: Vadjag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a football in , . It was the home ground of Gefle IF until 2015. The stadium holds 6,703 people and was initially opened in 1903, with a dedicated spectator area built in 1923.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gävle and Hagaström.

Photo: Tomiwoj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a port on the Baltic Sea in , the southernmost part of . In 2020 the city had a population of 79,004. Another 20,000 live in associated small towns.

Suburb
is a part of the city of , situated 5 km west of its centre, in east central . There is a smaller Coop grocery store, it is more commonly known under the name of Konsum.

Locality
Photo: I99pema, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality.

Gavle River

Latitude
60.66963° or 60° 40′ 11″ north
Longitude
17.11439° or 17° 6′ 52″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9FGVM497+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32615674
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
2712413
Wiki­data ID
Q473857
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Satellite Map

Discover Gavle River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Gavle River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gavleån”
  • Chinese: “耶夫勒河”
  • Dutch: “Gavleån”
  • Finnish: “Gavleån”
  • German: “Gavleån”
  • German: “Gävleån”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gavleån”
  • Portuguese: “Gavleån”
  • Portuguese: “Rio de Gavle”
  • Slovenian: “Gavleån”
  • Swedish: “Gavleån”
  • Swedish: “Gävleån”
  • Ukrainian: “Гавлеон”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Åkermans kulle and Hedvigslund.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Regementsparken and Högskolan i Gävle.

Gävleborg County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Gävle, Sandviken, Hudiksvall, and Söderhamn.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gavle River”. Photo: Trebor, CC BY-SA 3.0.