Avesta
Avesta is an industrial town in southern Dalarna in middle Sweden. Avesta is about 2 hours from Stockholm and Arlanda Airport. The easiest way to get into Avesta is either by car or train.Landmarks in the Area
Avesta Krylbo
Railway station
Avesta Krylbo is situated 3½ km southeast of Avesta. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Grevensbergs domänreservat
Nature reserve
Grevensbergs domänreservat is situated 3 km southwest of Avesta. Photo: Vivo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Avesta
Town
Avesta is a locality and the seat of Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015.The name is first found in 1303 as "Aghastadhum". Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avesta
- Location: Dalabergslagen, Dalarna, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- Population: 16,500
- IATA airport code: XYP
- United Nations Location Code: SE AVE
- Latitude: 60.1427° or 60° 8' 33.9" north
- Longitude: 16.163° or 16° 9' 46.6" east
- Elevation: 89 meters (292 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 2724231
Also Known As
In the Area
Localities
- PrästjordenNeighborhood
- DomarhagenNeighborhood
- NybydalNeighborhood
- HaganäsNeighborhood
- MånsboNeighborhood
- ÄngsbergNeighborhood, 1½ km east
Landmarks
- Avesta Wisent ParkZoo, 2 km northwest
- KnuttjärnenWater feature, 5 km southwest
- Lilla TvåtjärnenWater feature, 6 km southwest
- LångtjärnenWater feature, 6 km south
- Gåsmyrbergets domänreservatNature reserve, 6 km west
- LillsjönWater feature, 8 km west
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