Gävleborg County

Gävleborg County, Gävleborgs län, consists of two provinces, Gästrikland and Hälsingland, which make up the southernmost part of in . Most of the country consists of forests.
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is a port on the Baltic Sea in Gävleborg County, 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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is a town, and a municipality, in Gävleborg County, in the Gästrikland province, 20 km west of , the county seat.

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, called Hudik by locals, is the largest town in Hälsingland, with a population of 14,850.

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is a town in Hälsingland, and the seat of Municipality.

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is a town with about 7,000 inhabitants in western Hälsingland. It is the seat of municipality with a population of about 19,000 inhabitants.

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is a town, and a municipality, kommun, in Gävleborg County, in the western Gästrikland province.

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is a locality and the seat of , Gävleborg County, with 2,724 inhabitants in 2010. The name , spelled De oklabo in 1314, contains an old marine name *Ukle, referring to modern-day Lake Bysjön.

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, locally known as Jarse, is a locality and a parish situated in , Gävleborg County, with 1,407 inhabitants in 2010. From , people commute to , , , and .

Gävleborg County

Latitude of center
61.5° or 61° 30′ north
Longitude of center
16.25° or 16° 15′ east
Population
286,000
Elevation
287 metres (942 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2712411
Wiki­data ID
Q103699
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Gävleborg County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “qarku i Gavleborgut”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جافايبورجس”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة يافلبورغ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه يافلبورغ”
  • Aragonese: “Condau de Gävleborg”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Gävleborg”
  • Azerbaijani: “Evleborq”
  • Balinese: “County Gävleborg”
  • Basque: “Gävleborg”
  • Basque: “Gävleborgeko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “Еўлебарг”
  • Belarusian: “Еўлеборг”
  • Belarusian: “лен Еўлебарг”
  • Belarusian: “Лен Еўлеборг”
  • Bengali: “গ্যাভ্লেবার্গ কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Bosnian: “Kotar Gävleborg”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Gävleborg”
  • Bulgarian: “Йевлебори”
  • Bulgarian: “Йевлеборска област”
  • Bulgarian: “Йелиборска област”
  • Bulgarian: “провинция Йевлеборг”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Gävleborg”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Gävleborg”
  • Cebuano: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Cebuano: “Gävleborgs Län”
  • Chinese: “Gävleborg Koān”
  • Chinese: “耶夫勒堡省”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Gävleborg”
  • Croatian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Croatian: “Županija Gävleborg”
  • Czech: “Gävleborg”
  • Danish: “Gävleborg”
  • Danish: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Dutch: “Gavleborg”
  • Dutch: “Gävleborg”
  • Dutch: “Gavleborgs lan”
  • Dutch: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Esperanto: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Estonian: “Gävleborgi lään”
  • Faroese: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Finnish: “Gävleborg”
  • Finnish: “Gävleborgin lääni”
  • French: “Comte de Gavleborg”
  • French: “Comté de Gävleborg”
  • French: “Département de Gävleborg”
  • French: “Gävleborg”
  • French: “Province de Gävleborg”
  • Galician: “condado de Gävleborg”
  • Galician: “Condado de Gävleborg”
  • German: “Gävleborg”
  • German: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Greek: “Γκάβλεμποργκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Γιέβλεμποργκ”
  • Gujarati: “ગેવ્લોબોર્ગ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hebrew: “יבלבורג”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז יבלבורי”
  • Hindi: “गैवलबोर्ग काउंटी”
  • Hindi: “यैव्लेबॉर्य लैन”
  • Hungarian: “Gävleborg megye”
  • Ido: “Komtio Gävleborg”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Gavleborg”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Gävleborg”
  • Indonesian: “Gavleborg”
  • Indonesian: “Gävleborg”
  • Irish: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Italian: “contea di Gävleborg”
  • Italian: “Contea di Gävleborg”
  • Italian: “Gävleborg”
  • Japanese: “イェヴレボリ県”
  • Japanese: “イェブレボリ県”
  • Kannada: “ಗವೆಲ್ಬೋರ್ಗ್ ಕೌಂಟಿಯವರು”
  • Korean: “예블레보리주”
  • Kurdish: “Gävleborg”
  • Kurdish: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Kurdish: “گäڤلەبۆرگس لäن”
  • Ladin: “Contea de Gävleborg”
  • Latin: “Gävleborg Comitatus”
  • Latin: “Gevaliae Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Jēvleborga”
  • Latvian: “Jēvleborgas lēne”
  • Latvian: “Jēvleborgas lēnis”
  • Latvian: “Jēvleborjas lēne”
  • Limburgan: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Lithuanian: “Jevleborgas”
  • Lombard: “contea de Gävleborg”
  • Lombard: “Contea de Gävleborg”
  • Low German: “Lehn Gävleborg”
  • Macedonian: “Гевлеборг”
  • Macedonian: “Јевлеборг”
  • Macedonian: “Округ Гевлеборг”
  • Malay: “Daerah Gävleborg”
  • Maltese: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Marathi: “गॉल्लेबॉर्ग काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “اوسترگوتلاند اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gävleborg Kōan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gävleborgs Kōan”
  • Mingrelian: “ევლებორგი (ლენი)”
  • Mingrelian: “ევლებორგი”
  • Moksha: “Евлэборг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Northern Sami: “Gävleborgga leatna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Norwegian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Ossetian: “Евлеборг”
  • Persian: “استان گولبوری”
  • Persian: “شهرستان یولبوری”
  • Polish: “Gavleborg”
  • Polish: “Gävleborg”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Gävleborg”
  • Portuguese: “Gävleborg”
  • Portuguese: “Gavleborgs”
  • Portuguese: “Gävleborgs”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Gävleborg”
  • Romanian: “Gavleborgs lan”
  • Romanian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Gävleborg”
  • Russian: “Евлеборг”
  • Russian: “Лен Евлеборг”
  • Rusyn: “Край Гавлеборг”
  • Scots: “Gavleborg Coonty”
  • Scots: “Gävleborg Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Serbian: “Jevleborg”
  • Serbian: “Јевлеборг”
  • Serbian: “Јевлеборј”
  • Serbian: “Јевлеборшки округ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gävleborg”
  • Sinhala: “ගාව්ලෙබෝර්ග් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Slovenian: “Gävleborg”
  • Slovenian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Slovenian: “Gävleborško okrožje”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Gävleborg”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Gävleborg”
  • Spanish: “Gävleborg”
  • Spanish: “Gavleborgs lan”
  • Spanish: “Gavleborgs län”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gavleborg”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gävleborg”
  • Swahili: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Swedish: “Gävleborg”
  • Swedish: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Swedish: “SE-X”
  • Tamil: “காவ்லேபோர்க் கவுண்டி”
  • Telugu: “గావ్లేబోర్గ్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลแยฟเลอบอร์ย”
  • Turkish: “Gavleborg ili”
  • Turkish: “Gävleborg ili”
  • Turkish: “Gavleborg län”
  • Turkish: “Gävleborg län”
  • Turkish: “Gavleborg”
  • Turkish: “Gävleborg”
  • Turkish: “Gavleborgs lan”
  • Turkish: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Ukrainian: “Євлеборг”
  • Ukrainian: “Євлеборґ”
  • Ukrainian: “Євлеборй”
  • Urdu: “یاولیبوری کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Gävleborg”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Gävleborg”
  • Volapük: “Gävleborgiän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Gävleborg”
  • Welsh: “Sir Gävleborg”
  • Western Frisian: “Gävleborgs län”
  • Wu Chinese: “耶夫勒堡省”

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