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Avesta

Avesta is a locality and the seat of in , , with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015. The name of Avesta is first found in 1303 as "Aghastadhum".
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  • Type: Town with 11,900 residents
  • Description: urban area in Avesta Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Aewestad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Avesta centrum railway station and Avesta lasarett.

Railway station
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Hospital
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is a hospital.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nordanö and Södra Kyrkbyn.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , , with 435 inhabitants in 2010.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Avesta

Latitude
60.147° or 60° 8′ 49″ north
Longitude
16.1827° or 16° 10′ 58″ east
Population
11,900
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
IATA airport code
XYP
United Nations Location Code
SE AVE
Open location code
9FGR45WM+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 28899227
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2724231
Wiki­data ID
Q83682
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Avesta” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آفستا”
  • Arabic: “أفستا”
  • 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 (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Avesta”
  • Estonian: “Avesta”
  • Faroese: “Avesta”
  • Finnish: “Avesta”
  • French: “Avesta”
  • Georgian: “ავესტა”
  • German: “Avesta”
  • Greek: “Αβέστα”
  • Greek: “Άβεστα”
  • Hebrew: “אווסטה”
  • Hungarian: “Avesta”
  • Icelandic: “Avesta”
  • Irish: “Avesta”
  • Italian: “Avesta”
  • Japanese: “アヴェスタ”
  • Korean: “아베스타”
  • Ladin: “Avesta”
  • Lithuanian: “Avesta”
  • Low German: “Avesta”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Avesta”
  • Northern Frisian: “Avesta (Stää)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Avesta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avesta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avesta i Dalarna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avesta i Sverige”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avesta”
  • Norwegian: “Avesta”
  • 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”

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