Bollnäs

Bollnäs () is a Swedish locality and the seat of Bollnäs Municipality, in Gävleborg County, Sweden. It has about 14,000 inhabitants.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Bollnäs
Settlement.image_skyline: Bollnäs Missionskyrka.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Bollnäs Missionskyrka
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Bollnäs Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gävleborg County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hälsingland
Settlement.established_title: Charter
Settlement.established_date: 1942
Settlement.area_total_km2: 12.87
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 12,381
Settlement.population_density_km2: 998

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Bollnäs () is a Swedish locality and the seat of Bollnäs Municipality, in Gävleborg County, Sweden. It has about 14,000 inhabitants.

== History == The first recording of Bollnäs in writing is from 1312 when a vicar named Ingemund referred to it as Baldenaes, meaning "the large isthmus," referring to the isthmus into a nearby lake. Before becoming known as Bollnäs, its name was Bro By (lit. Bridge Village).

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