Alvesta (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈâlːvɛsta] )[2] is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.[1]

Alvesta
Alvesta railway station (Alvesta järnvägsstation)
Alvesta railway station
(Alvesta järnvägsstation)
Alvesta is located in Kronoberg
Alvesta
Alvesta
Alvesta is located in Sweden
Alvesta
Alvesta
Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E / 56.900°N 14.550°E / 56.900; 14.550
CountrySweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountyKronoberg County
MunicipalityAlvesta Municipality
Area
 • Total6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total8,017
 • Density1,535/km2 (3,980/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the StockholmMalmöCopenhagen railway with the GothenburgKalmar/Karlskrona railway.


References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 4.