Avesta
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".
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Notable Places in the Area
Grevensbergs naturreservat
Nature reserve
Grevensbergs naturreservat is situated 4 km southwest of Avesta. Photo: Vivo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avesta
- Type: Town
- Description: urban area in Avesta Municipality, Sweden
- Category: urban area in Sweden
- Location: Dalabergslagen, Dalarna, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
Latitude 60.147° or 60° 8' 49" north | Longitude 16.1827° or 16° 10' 57.7" east |
Population 11,900 | IATA airport code XYP |
United Nations Location Code SE AVE | Elevation 89 metres (292 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 28899227 | GeoNames ID 2724231 |
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Also Known As
- Belarusian: Авеста
- Bulgarian: Авеста
- Catalan: Avesta
- Cebuano: Avesta (kapital sa munisipyo)
- Cebuano: Avesta
- Chinese: Avesta
- Chinese: 阿沃斯塔
- Croatian: Avesta
- Danish: Avesta
- Dutch: Avesta
- Estonian: Avesta
- Faroese: Avesta
- Finnish: Avesta
- French: Avesta
- Georgian: ავესტა
- German: Avesta
- Greek: Άβεστα
- Greek: Αβέστα
- Hebrew: אווסטה
- Hungarian: Avesta
- Icelandic: Avesta
- Italian: Avesta
- Korean: 아베스타
- Lithuanian: Avesta
- Low German: Avesta
- Min Nan Chinese: Avesta
- Norwegian: Avesta
- Norwegian Bokmål: Avesta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Avesta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Avesta i Dalarna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Avesta i Sverige
- Occitan (post 1500): Avesta
- Persian: آوستا
- Persian: اوستا
- Polish: Avesta
- Portuguese: Avesta
- Romanian: Avesta
- Russian: Авеста
- Serbian: Avesta
- Serbian: Авеста
- Serbo-Croatian: Avesta
- Slovenian: Avesta
- Spanish: Avesta
- Swahili: Avesta
- Swedish: Avesta-Krylbo
- Swedish: Avesta
- Turkish: Avesta, İsveç
- Turkish: Avesta
- Ukrainian: Авеста
- Volapük: Avesta
- Aewestad
Other Places Named Avesta
- Avesta MunicipalityMunicipality, Dalarna, Sweden
- AvestaDalarna, Sweden
- Gūresharān-e AvestāTribal area, Khuzestan, Iran
- ÅvestaFarm, Dalarna, Sweden
- AvestaChurch, Dalarna, Sweden
In the Area
Localities
- MånsboNeighborhood
- Lerbäcken
- StjälpornaNeighborhood
- RutboNeighborhood
- ByggningenHamlet
- NybynNeighborhood
Landmarks
- Avesta Centrum Railway StationRailroad station
- Avesta Krylbo stationRailway halt
- AvestaAirfield, 5 km northwest
- HögsbergetSummit, 5 km southeast
- JädersjönLake, 6 km east
- BjörktjärnLake, 6 km southwest
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