Bjursås
Sign in to saveBjursås () is a locality situated in Falun Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,839 inhabitants in 2010.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Bjursås
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tjôrtja.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bjursås Church as from Dössberget in Bjursås
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Dalarna#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Falun Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dalarna County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Dalarna
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.25
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,839
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 566
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bjursås
- Population
- 2141
- Area
- 560
- Elevation
- 177
- Image
- Bjursås kyrka 01.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- P8168
- Mihai Eminescu
- Commons category
- Bjursås
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
1 sectionsContents
- References
Bjursås () is a locality situated in Falun Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,839 inhabitants in 2010.
Tourists, many of whom come from Stockholm, visit its ski resort every winter. A large part of the population commute to Falun or work within the local forest industry. Bjursås is nicknamed "The Switzerland of Dalarna", because of its broken ground. "Bjur" in the name is an old Norse word for beaver. A literal translation of the name to English means "Beaver Ridge".
On the map
2 mapped locations
Available in 14 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- Italiano
- Cebuano
- Finnish
- lld
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polski
- simple
- Svenska
- zh_min_nan
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0
Connections
urban area in Sweden
Entity
Switzerland
Country
Sweden
Country
Stockholm
Entity
time zone
Entity
country
Entity
geographic coordinate system
Entity
Daylight saving time
Concept
skiing
Entity
UTC+01:00
Entity
UTC+02:00
Entity
Falun
Entity
Köppen climate classification
Entity
Old Norse
Entity
Dalarna County
Entity
Central European Time
Entity
county of Sweden
Entity
Central European Summer Time
Entity
Dalarna
Entity
province of Sweden
Entity