Vislanda

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Vislanda
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Vislanda
Vislanda
Localization of Kronoberg in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Kronobergs län
Historical Province (landskap): Småland
Municipality  : Alvesta
Coordinates : 56 ° 47 '  N , 14 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 47 '  N , 14 ° 27'  E
SCB code : 2012
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 1813 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 2.47 km²
Population density : 734 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Kronobergs län

Vislanda is a locality ( tätort ) in the Swedish province County Kronoberg , in the historical province of Småland .

The place

Vislanda is located along the Malmö  - Nässjö  - Falköping ( Södra stambanan ) rail link and used to be the junction of this railway line with the Karlshamn  - Halmstad railway line .

Housing and school

In Vislanda there is a nursing home, a pre-school and a primary school for grades 0 to 6.

economy

In Vislanda there are mainly small and medium-sized businesses. Most of the jobs are in sawmills, workshops and in manufacturing. The largest companies in Vislanda are:

  • Gunnarssons Verkstads AB
  • Stig's Trä
  • Svets & Mekano
  • Veg Tech AB
  • VIDA Timber
  • Wica Cold
  • Vislanda Maskin
  • Vislanda Sågverksmaskiner
  • Viverk Verkstads AB

leisure

In Vislanda there is a leisure garden (fritidsgård)

Personalities

  • Peter Wieselgren (1800–1877), Lutheran theologian, literary historian and biographer

Web links

Individual evidence

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