Fors
Fors is a locality situated in Avesta Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 827 inhabitants in 2010.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dickasjön.
Dickasjön
Lake
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Dickasjön is a lake, which is situated 2½ km south of Fors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nordanö and Brunnbäck.
Nordanö
Village
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Nordanö is a locality situated in Avesta Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 435 inhabitants in 2010. Nordanö is situated 8 km southwest of Fors.
Brunnbäck
Suburb
Brunnbäck is a small community in Sweden, eight kilometers southeast of Avesta in Dalarna at a crossing of Dalälven. In 1521, at the Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry, Swedish rebel troops under Peder Svensson and Olof Bonde defeated a Danish host by encirclement, cementing the Swedish Rebellion and allowing Gustav Vasa sufficient time to raise an army to challenge the Danish king. Brunnbäck is situated 9 km south of Fors.
Avesta
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Avesta is a locality and the seat of Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015. The name of Avesta is first found in 1303 as "Aghastadhum".
Fors
- Type: Village with 772 residents
- Description: urban area in Avesta Municipality, Sweden
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Folkärna socken, Folkärna, Avesta Municipality, Dalarna, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.20787° or 60° 12′ 28″ northLongitude
16.30717° or 16° 18′ 26″ eastPopulation
772Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE FRSOpen location code
9FGR6854+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 321438812OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Fors” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Fors”
- Danish: “Fors”
- Dutch: “Fors”
- French: “Fors”
- German: “Fors”
- Irish: “Fors”
- Italian: “Fors”
- Ladin: “Fors”
- Low German: “Fors”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fors”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fors”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fors”
- Norwegian: “Fors”
- Polish: “Fors (Szwecja)”
- Polish: “Fors”
- Swedish: “Fors, Avesta kommun”
- Swedish: “Fors”
- Turkish: “Fors”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pingstkyrkan Fors and Fors Skola.
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