Åtvidaberg

Åtvidaberg is a locality and the seat of Åtvidaberg Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,859 inhabitants in 2010.

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Settlement.official_name: Åtvidaberg
Settlement.image_shield: Åtvidaberg vapen.svg
Settlement.image_skyline: Utsikt över gamla FACIT.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 200px
Settlement.image_caption: Åtvidaberg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Östergötland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Åtvidaberg Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Östergötland County

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Åtvidaberg is a locality and the seat of Åtvidaberg Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,859 inhabitants in 2010.

== History == Copper was mined in the area from the 14th century, and the name "Åtvidaberg" was originally the name of a bergslag (a type of mining community). The earliest known use of the place name is from 1467, as a compound of the words Åtvid, which was the name of the parish, and berg, literally "mountain", but in this context referring to a mine.