Älvdalen (municipality)

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Älvdalen municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Älvdalen Location of the municipality of Älvdalen
coat of arms Location in Dalarna County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Dalarna County
Historical provinces (landskap): Dalarna
Harjedalen
Main place: Älvdalen
SCB code: 2039
Residents : 7031 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 7,142.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 1 inhabitant / km²
Website : www.alvdalen.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 61 ° 14 ′  N , 14 ° 2 ′  O Älvdalen is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Dalarnas län and the historical provinces of Dalarna and Härjedalen . The main town of the municipality is Älvdalen .

flora

The Old Tjikko spruce, known for its old age, is located in the municipality .

Culture

In addition to Swedish, Älvdalisch is still spoken by many residents in the municipality , an old Swedish dialect that is now increasingly viewed as an independent Scandinavian language .

Twin cities

The German Baltic Sea resort of Schönberg (Holstein) has been Älvdalen's partner municipality since 1975 .

Web links

Commons : Älvdalen municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)