Vilhelmina

	Vilhelmina
	Vilhelmina
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västerbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Lapland
Municipality :	Vilhelmina
Coordinates :	64 ° 37 ′ N , 16 ° 39 ′ E Coordinates: 64 ° 37 ′ N , 16 ° 39 ′ E
SCB code :	8376
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	3572 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	3.29 km²
Population density :	1086 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Västerbotten County

Vilhelmina ( South Sami : Vualtjere ) is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Lapland . Vilhelmina is located on the Ångermanälven River and is the main town in the municipality of the same name .

history

Until 1799 the place was called Volgsjö , then it was named after the Swedish Queen Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine von Baden , the wife of King Gustav IV Adolf . After her - in the Swedish form of the first name - the places in the region Dorotea and Fredrika were named.

The city received in 1917 and 1947, different levels of city law . In 1921 many of the then 75 wooden houses in the city were destroyed by fire. Around 20 houses from this period can still be seen today.

Since February 16, 1918 there is a rail connection to Östersund by the Inlandsbahn .