Siljansbygden
Leksand Municipality
Djura

Leksand

Leksand is a locality and the seat of in , Sweden, with 5,934 inhabitants in 2010. Leksand is situated on the southern branch of lake , where it flows into river Österdalälven.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tegera Arena and Åkersöns naturreservat.

Sports venue
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is an arena in Leksand, primarily used for ice hockey. It was opened in October 2005, and is the home arena of Leksands IF. It holds 7,650 people.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Övermo and Åkerö.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Leksand.

Leksand

Latitude
60.7329° or 60° 43′ 59″ north
Longitude
14.9968° or 14° 59′ 49″ east
Population
5,930
Elevation
163 metres (535 feet)
IATA airport code
XXO
United Nations Location Code
SE LEK
Open location code
9FGPPXMW+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32714609
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2696650
Wiki­data ID
Q1003260
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Leksand” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لكساند”
  • Bulgarian: “Лександ”
  • Cebuano: “Leksand”
  • Chinese: “Leksand”
  • Chinese: “莱克桑德”
  • Chinese: “萊克桑德”
  • Chinese: “雷克桑德”
  • Czech: “Leksand”
  • Danish: “Leksand”
  • Dutch: “Leksand”
  • Estonian: “Leksand”
  • Faroese: “Leksand”
  • Finnish: “Leksand”
  • French: “Leksand”
  • German: “Leksand”
  • Hungarian: “Leksland”
  • Icelandic: “Leksand”
  • Irish: “Leksand”
  • Italian: “Leksand”
  • Japanese: “レクサンド”
  • Korean: “렉산드”
  • Ladin: “Leksand”
  • Latvian: “Leksanda”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leksand”
  • Moksha: “Лэксанд”
  • Northern Frisian: “Leksand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leksand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leksand”
  • Norwegian: “Leksand”
  • Persian: “لکسند”
  • Polish: “Leksand”
  • Romanian: “Leksand”
  • Russian: “Лександ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leksand”
  • Slovenian: “Leksand”
  • Spanish: “Leksand”
  • Swedish: “Leksand”
  • Ukrainian: “Лександ”
  • Volapük: “Leksand”

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