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Älvdalen
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Älvdalen ( or ; literally "the river valley" or "the church village" respectively) is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,810 inhabitants in 2010.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Älvdalen
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden Dalarna#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Älvdalen Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Dalarna County
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Dalarna
Settlement.area_total_km2
3.02
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total
1,810
Settlement.population_density_km2
600
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Älvdalen
Country
Sweden
Population
1871
Area
339
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Image
Alvdalen Kyrkharbre1.jpg
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Älvdalen
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Encyclopedic overview

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Älvdalen ( or ; literally "the river valley" or "the church village" respectively) is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,810 inhabitants in 2010.

The parish is widely known for being the place of manufacturing, in 1839, of the 4-meter granite vase (called Älvdalen Vase), installed in the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg (a gift from Charles XIV John of Sweden to Nicholas I of Russia).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Älvdalen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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