Norrland
Gävleborg County
Gävle Municipality

Gävle

Gävle is a port on the Baltic Sea in , the southernmost part of . In 2020 the city had a population of 79,004. Another 20,000 live in associated small towns.
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  • Type: City with 103,000 residents
  • Description: urban area in Gävle Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Gefle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gävle Castle and Swedish Railway Museum.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a palace in Gävle, , rebuilt several times since its foundation in 1583. It is the official residence of the County Governor of .

Museum
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , in Gävle, Gästrikland, is the national museum for Sweden's railway history. The is tasked with acquiring, preserving and supplying knowledge about Swedish railway history on the basis of the national collection.

Pitch
Photo: Vadjag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a football in Gävle, . It was the home ground of Gefle IF until 2015. The stadium holds 6,703 people and was initially opened in 1903, with a dedicated spectator area built in 1923.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alderholmen and Hagaström.

Locality
Photo: I99pema, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality.

Suburb
is a part of the city of Gävle, situated 5 km west of its centre, in east central . There is a smaller Coop grocery store, it is more commonly known under the name of Konsum.

Gävle

Latitude
60.675° or 60° 40′ 30″ north
Longitude
17.1467° or 17° 8′ 48″ east
Population
103,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
GVX
United Nations Location Code
SE GVX
Open location code
9FGVM4GW+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27432055
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2712414
Wiki­data ID
Q25748
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Gävle” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gävle”
  • Arabic: “يافل”
  • Arabic: “يافله”
  • Arabic: “يفله”
  • Aragonese: “Gävle”
  • Armenian: “Եվլե”
  • Asturian: “Gävle”
  • Basque: “Gävle”
  • Belarusian: “Еўле”
  • Bengali: “ইয়েভ্লে”
  • Breton: “Gävle”
  • Bulgarian: “Евле”
  • Bulgarian: “Йевле”
  • Catalan: “Gävle”
  • Cebuano: “Gävle (kapital sa lalawigan sa Suwesya)”
  • Cebuano: “Gävle”
  • Chechen: “Евле”
  • Chinese: “Gävle”
  • Chinese: “耶乌勒”
  • Chinese: “耶夫勒”
  • Chinese: “耶烏勒”
  • Cornish: “Gävle”
  • Croatian: “Gävle”
  • Czech: “Gävle”
  • Czech: “Jevle”
  • Danish: “Gävle”
  • Danish: “Gefle”
  • Dutch: “Gavle”
  • Dutch: “Gävle”
  • Dutch: “Gefle”
  • Dutch: “Gevle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يفله”
  • Esperanto: “Gävle”
  • Estonian: “Gävle”
  • Estonian: “Gefle”
  • Faroese: “Gävle”
  • Finnish: “Gävle”
  • French: “Gavle”
  • French: “Gävle”
  • Galician: “Gävle”
  • Georgian: “ევლე”
  • German: “Gaevle”
  • German: “Gävle”
  • German: “Gefle”
  • Greek: “Γέβλε”
  • Gujarati: “ગેવ્લે”
  • Hebrew: “יבלה”
  • Hindi: “गावले”
  • Hungarian: “Gävle”
  • Icelandic: “Gävle”
  • Indonesian: “Gaevle”
  • Indonesian: “Gavle”
  • Indonesian: “Gävle”
  • Irish: “Gävle”
  • Italian: “Gavle”
  • Italian: “Gävle”
  • Japanese: “イェーブレ”
  • Japanese: “イェヴレ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Gävle”
  • Kannada: “ಗವ್ಲ್”
  • Kazakh: “Евле”
  • Korean: “예블레”
  • Kurdish: “Gävle”
  • Ladin: “Gävle”
  • Latin: “Gevalia”
  • Latvian: “Jēvle”
  • Limburgan: “Gävle”
  • Lithuanian: “Jevlė”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gävle”
  • Macedonian: “Јевле”
  • Malay: “Gavle”
  • Malay: “Gävle”
  • Marathi: “गॉव्हल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gävle”
  • Minangkabau: “Gävle”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gävle”
  • Northern Sami: “Gävle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gævle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gävle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gävle”
  • Norwegian: “Gävle”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gävle”
  • Ossetian: “Евле”
  • Persian: “یوله”
  • Polish: “Gaevle”
  • Polish: “Gavle”
  • Polish: “Gävle”
  • Portuguese: “Gävle”
  • Romanian: “Gavle”
  • Romanian: “Gävle”
  • Russian: “Евле”
  • Scots: “Gävle”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gävle”
  • Serbian: “Gävle”
  • Serbian: “Jevle”
  • Serbian: “Јевле”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gävle”
  • Silesian: “Gävle”
  • Sinhala: “ගාව්ල්”
  • Slovak: “Gävle”
  • Slovenian: “Gävle”
  • Southern Sami: “Tjarvetje”
  • Spanish: “Gavle”
  • Spanish: “Gävle”
  • Swahili: “Gävle”
  • Swedish: “Gäfle”
  • Swedish: “Gävle”
  • Swedish: “Gefle” (historical)
  • Tamil: “காவ்லே”
  • Tatar: “Евле”
  • Telugu: “గావలె”
  • Thai: “เยฟเล”
  • Thai: “แยฟเลอ”
  • Turkish: “Gavle”
  • Turkish: “Gävle”
  • Ukrainian: “Євле”
  • Urdu: “یاولہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Gavle”
  • Vietnamese: “Gävle”
  • Volapük: “Gävle”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gävle”
  • Welsh: “Gävle”
  • Western Frisian: “Gävle”
  • Western Panjabi: “گاولے”
  • Wu Chinese: “耶夫勒”

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