Älgarås
Älgarås is a locality situated in Töreboda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 417 inhabitants in 2010. The battle of Älgarås, between the House of Sverker and House of Erik took place here in 1205, securing the crown for Sverker II of Sweden for some more years, until the battle of Lena in 1208.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 373 residents
- Description: urban area in Töreboda Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “AElgaras”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Älgarås Church and Lomhöljerna.
Lomhöljerna
Lake
Photo: Nasko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lomhöljerna is a lake, which is situated 3 km east of Älgarås.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hova.
Hova
Town
Photo: Raphael Saulus, Public domain.
Hova is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Gullspång. It had 1,288 inhabitants in 2010. Hova is situated 5 km north of Älgarås.
Älgarås
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Älgarås socken, Hova-Älgarås, del, Töreboda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.81351° or 58° 48′ 49″ northLongitude
14.25211° or 14° 15′ 8″ eastPopulation
373Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE LGROpen location code
9FCPR772+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 281394049OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Älgarås” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Älgarås”
- Chinese: “Älgarås”
- Danish: “Älgarås”
- Dutch: “Älgarås”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجاراس”
- Finnish: “Älgarås”
- French: “Älgarås”
- German: “Älgarås”
- Irish: “Älgarås”
- Italian: “Älgarås”
- Ladin: “Älgarås”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Älgarås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Älgarås”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Älgarås”
- Norwegian: “Älgarås”
- Polish: “Älgarås”
- Russian: “Эльгарос”
- Spanish: “Älgarås”
- Swedish: “Älgarås”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bålerudsgården and Älgarås Hembygdsförening.
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