Dorotea (place)

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Dorotea
Dorotea coat of arms
Sweden Västerbotten location map.svg
Dorotea
Dorotea
Localization of Västerbotten in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västerbotten County
Historical Province (landskap): Lapland
Municipality  : Dorotea
Coordinates : 64 ° 16 '  N , 16 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 64 ° 16 '  N , 16 ° 24'  E
SCB code : 8168
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 1491 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 2.03 km²
Population density : 734 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västerbotten County

Dorotea ( South Sami : Döörte ) is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Lapland and is the capital of the municipality of Dorotea .

Until 1799 the place was called Bergvattnet, then it was named after the Swedish Queen Frederika Dorothea Wilhelmina von Baden , wife of King Gustav IV Adolf . The towns of Fredrika and Vilhelmina in the region were named after her. Dorotea has a train station on the Inlandsbahn , the European route 45 runs through the town .

  • railway station

  • church

  • Art in front of the local government

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)