Vänersborg

Vänersborg is a city in the county of Västra Götaland and the historic province of . It is located on lake Vänern, the largest lake in Europe outside Russia. It has 22,000 inhabitants.
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  • Type: Town with 21,700 residents
  • Description: urban area in Vänersborg Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: Lilla Paris”, “Little Paris”, and “Vaenersborg

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vänersborg Central Railway Station and Vänersborg Museum.

Railway station

Sports venue
is an indoor arena in Vänersborg, Sweden. It is used for bandy, concerts and other events. The arena is the home of IFK Vänersborg. It hosted the 2013 Bandy World Championship, when Division A and Division B were separate events for the second time.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Katrinedal and Holmängen.

Neighborhood
is a locality situated in , , with 270 inhabitants in 2010.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
is a suburban village in Vänersborg in the in , . It is located south of Karl's grave. There is a church, Onsjökyrkan and golf course.

Vänersborg

Latitude
58.3812° or 58° 22′ 52″ north
Longitude
12.3227° or 12° 19′ 22″ east
Population
21,700
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE VAN
Open location code
9FCJ98JF+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26585396
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2665171
Wiki­data ID
Q54759
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Volapük—“Vänersborg” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Vänersborg
  • Aragonese: Vänersborg
  • Armenian: Վեներսբորգ
  • Asturian: Vänersborg
  • Belarusian: Венерсбарг
  • Bulgarian: Vänersborg
  • Bulgarian: Венершбори
  • Catalan: Vänersborg
  • Cebuano: Vänersborg
  • Chinese: Vänersborg
  • Chinese: 維納什堡
  • Croatian: Vänersborg
  • Danish: Vänersborg
  • Dutch: Vänersborg
  • Faroese: Vänersborg
  • Finnish: Vänersborg
  • French: Vänersborg
  • Galician: Vänersborg
  • German: Vänersborg
  • Hebrew: ונרסבורג
  • Hungarian: Vänersborg
  • Icelandic: Vänersborg
  • Indonesian: Vänersborg
  • Irish: Vänersborg
  • Italian: Vänersborg
  • Japanese: Vänersborg
  • Japanese: ヴェーナシュボリ
  • Japanese: ヴェーネルスボリ
  • Japanese: ヴェンネシュボリ
  • Japanese: ベーナシュボリ
  • Japanese: ベーネルスボリ
  • Korean: Vänersborg
  • Korean: 베네르스보리
  • Ladin: Vänersborg
  • Latin: Vänersborg
  • Latin: Venersburgum
  • Lithuanian: Vänersborg
  • Lithuanian: Venešborgas
  • Macedonian: Вернерборг
  • Min Nan Chinese: Vänersborg
  • Minangkabau: Vänersborg
  • Northern Frisian: Vänersborg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vänersborg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vänersborg
  • Norwegian: Vänersborg
  • Occitan (post 1500): Vänersborg
  • Persian: Vänersborg
  • Persian: ونسبوری
  • Persian: ونشبوی
  • Polish: Vänersborg
  • Portuguese: Vänersborg
  • Romanian: Vänersborg
  • Russian: Vänersborg
  • Russian: Венерсборг
  • Serbian: Vänersborg
  • Serbian: Венерсборг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vänersborg
  • Slovenian: Lilla Paris
  • Slovenian: Vänersborg
  • Spanish: Vänersborg
  • Swahili: Vänersborg
  • Swedish: Lilla Paris
  • Swedish: Vänersborg
  • Tagalog: Maliit na Paris
  • Tagalog: Vänersborg
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Vänersborg
  • Turkish: Vänersborg
  • Ukrainian: Венерсборг
  • Urdu: وینسبوری
  • Volapük: Vänersborg

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