Furby
Furby is a former parish now in Badelunda parish, Västerås Municipality, Sweden. It was previously a parish of its own, but now only a church ruin remains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zejo, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Sweden
- Also known as: “Furby, Sweden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anundshög and Anundstenen.
Anundshög
Photo: Christer Johansson, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Anundshög is a tumulus near Västerås in Västmanland, the largest in Sweden. It has a diameter of 60 metres and is about 9 metres high. Assessments of the era of the mound vary between the Bronze Age and the late Iron Age. Anundshög is situated 3 km west of Furby.
Anundstenen
Runestone
Photo: OlofE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anundstenen is a runestone, which is situated 3 km west of Furby.
Badelunda Church
Church
Photo: Christer Johansson, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Badelunda Church is situated 3½ km west of Furby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tibble and Irsta.
Tibble
Hamlet
Photo: Dependability, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tibble is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Furby.
Irsta
Village
Photo: Zejo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irsta is a locality situated in Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 2,717 inhabitants in 2010. Irsta is situated 4 km south of Furby.
Tortuna
Village
Tortuna is a locality situated in Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 459 inhabitants in 2010. Tortuna is situated 4 km northeast of Furby.
Furby
- Categories: parish of the Church of Sweden and locality
- Location: Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.63998° or 59° 38′ 24″ northLongitude
16.69395° or 16° 41′ 38″ eastElevation
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
9FFRJMQV+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1221123925OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Irish to Swedish—“Furby” goes by many names.
- Irish: “paróiste Furby”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Furby församling”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Furby församling”
- Swedish: “Furby församling”
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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 “Furby”. Photo: Zejo, Public domain.