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Västernorrland County

Västernorrland County, Västernorrlands län in , largely consisting of provinces Ångermanland and Medelpad. The region is dominated by forests, with most of the 240,000 inhabitants living in the coastal cities of , and .
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is the seat of Västernorrland County, and the only city in the Medelpad province of Sweden. The city's population is about 51,000, but including suburbs, the total is close to 100,000.

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, called Ö-vik by locals, is the largest city of the Ångermanland province in Västernorrland County. While the city has 33,000 inhabitants, the municipality, Örnsköldsviks kommun, is home to 57,000 people.

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is a city in Västernorrland County in , at the coast of the Bothnian Sea. It has 17,500 citizens, a cathedral, and was once an administrative centre.

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The is a dramatic coastal area and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Västernorrland County, , famous for its traces from the last Ice Age, with rising land and glacial moraine.

Västernorrland County

Latitude of center
63° north
Longitude of center
17.5° or 17° 30′ east
Population
242,000
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2664292
Wiki­data ID
Q104891
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Västernorrland County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “qarku i Vasternorlandit”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فسترنورلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Condau de Västernorrland”
  • Armenian: “Վեսթերնորլանդ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Västernorrland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Verternorrland”
  • Balinese: “County Västernorrland”
  • Basque: “Västernorrlandeko konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Belarusian: “Вестэрнорланд (лен)”
  • Belarusian: “Вестэрнорланд”
  • Belarusian: “Вэстэрнорлянд”
  • Belarusian: “лен Вестэрнорланд”
  • Bengali: “ভ্যাস্টারনরল্যান্ড কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Kotar Västernorrland”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Västernorrland”
  • Bosnian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Bulgarian: “Вестернорланд”
  • Bulgarian: “провинция Вестернорланд”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Västernorrland”
  • Cebuano: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Cebuano: “Västernorrlands Län”
  • Chinese: “Västernorrland Koān”
  • Chinese: “西诺尔兰省”
  • Chinese: “西諾爾蘭省”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Västernorrland”
  • Croatian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Croatian: “Županija Västernorrland”
  • Czech: “kraj Västernorrland”
  • Czech: “Västernorrland”
  • Czech: “Västernorrlandský kraj”
  • Danish: “Västernorrland”
  • Danish: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Dutch: “Vasternorrland”
  • Dutch: “Västernorrland”
  • Dutch: “Vasternorrlands lan”
  • Dutch: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Esperanto: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Estonian: “Västernorrlandi lään”
  • Faroese: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Norlannin lääni”
  • Finnish: “Västernorlannin lääni”
  • Finnish: “Västernorrlandin lääni”
  • French: “Comte de Vasternorrland”
  • French: “Comté de Västernorrland”
  • French: “Département de Västernorrland”
  • French: “Norrland de l’ouest”
  • French: “Västernorrland”
  • Galician: “Condado de Västernorrland”
  • German: “Västernorrlands län”
  • German: “Westernorrlands län”
  • Greek: “Βαστερνορλάντ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Βέστερνορλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટર્નઓરલેન્ડ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hebrew: “ווסטרנורלנד”
  • Hebrew: “וסטרנורלנד”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז וסטרנורלנד”
  • Hindi: “वास्तरनॉरलैंड काउंटी”
  • Hindi: “वेस्तरनॉरलान्द लैन”
  • Hungarian: “Västernorrland megye”
  • Ido: “Komtio Västernorrland”
  • Ido: “Västernorrland”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Vasternorrland”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Västernorrland”
  • Indonesian: “Vasternorrland”
  • Indonesian: “Västernorrland”
  • Indonesian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Irish: “Västernorrland”
  • Italian: “Contea di Västernorrland”
  • Italian: “Västernorrland”
  • Italian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Japanese: “ヴェステルノールランド県”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಸ್ಟರ್ನೋರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Korean: “베스테르노를란드주”
  • Kurdish: “Västernorrland (län)”
  • Kurdish: “Västernorrland”
  • Ladin: “Contea de Västernorrland”
  • Latin: “Norlandiae Occidentalis Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Vesternorlande”
  • Latvian: “Vesternorlandes lēne”
  • Latvian: “Vesternorlandes lēnis”
  • Limburgan: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Lithuanian: “Vesternorlandas”
  • Lombard: “contea de Västernorrland”
  • Lombard: “Contea de Västernorrland”
  • Low German: “Lehn Västernorrland”
  • Macedonian: “Вестернорланд”
  • Macedonian: “Округ Вестернорланд”
  • Malay: “Daerah Västernorrland”
  • Maltese: “Västernorrland”
  • Marathi: “वेस्टरनॉरलँड काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “کرونوبرگ اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Västernorrland Kōan”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტერნორლანდი (ლენი)”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტერნორლანდი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Västernorrland (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Västernorrland”
  • Northern Sami: “Oarje-Norrlándda leatna”
  • Northern Sami: “Västernorrlándda leatna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Norwegian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Ossetian: “Вестерноррланд”
  • Persian: “استان وسترنورلاند”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وسترنورلاند”
  • Polish: “Vaesternorrland”
  • Polish: “Vasternorrland”
  • Polish: “Västernorrland”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Västernorrland”
  • Portuguese: “Västernorrland”
  • Portuguese: “Västernorrlands”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Västernorrland”
  • Romanian: “Vasternorrlands lan”
  • Romanian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Russian: “Вестерноррланд”
  • Russian: “Лен Вестерноррланд”
  • Scots: “Vasternorrland Coonty”
  • Scots: “Västernorrland Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Serbian: “Vesternurland”
  • Serbian: “Вестернорланд”
  • Serbian: “Вестернурланд”
  • Serbian: “Западнонорландски округ”
  • Serbian: “Западнонорски округ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Västernorrland”
  • Sinhala: “වස්ටර්නොර්ලන්ඩ් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Västernorrland”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Västernorrland”
  • Slovenian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Slovenian: “Västernorrlandsko okrožje”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Västernorrland”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Vestronorlandia”
  • Spanish: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Swahili: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Swedish: “SE-Y”
  • Swedish: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Swedish: “Westernorrlands län”
  • Swedish: “Y län”
  • Tamil: “வாஸ்டெர்னோர்ர்லண்ட் கவுண்டி”
  • Telugu: “వాస్టెర్నోర్లాండ్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลเว็สเตอร์นอร์ลันด์”
  • Turkish: “Vasternorrland ili”
  • Turkish: “Västernorrland ili”
  • Turkish: “Vasternorrland lan”
  • Turkish: “Västernorrland”
  • Turkish: “Vasternorrlands lan”
  • Turkish: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестерноррланд”
  • Urdu: “ویسترنورلاند کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Västernorrland”
  • Vietnamese: “Västernorrland”
  • Volapük: “Vesüda-Nolüdaläniän”
  • Volapük: “Vesüda-Norläniän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Västernorrland”
  • Welsh: “Sir Västernorrland”
  • Western Frisian: “Västernorrlands län”
  • Wu Chinese: “西诺尔兰省”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Västernorrland County”. Photo: Erik Frohne, CC BY-SA 3.0.