Dorotea
Sign in to saveDorotea () is a locality and the seat of Dorotea Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 1,543 inhabitants in 2010. European route E45 and the Inland Line both pass through Dorotea.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Dorotea
- Settlement.nickname
- Lapplands sydport (Southern gate of Lapland)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dorotea kyrka 2010.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The new Dorotea Church, opened in 1934, seen from south-east
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Dorotea Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västerbotten County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lapland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2.34
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,543
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 660
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Dorotea
- Population
- 1208
- Area
- 226
- Official website
- www.dorotea.se
- Image
- Dorotea kyrka 2010.jpg
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Dorotea () is a locality and the seat of Dorotea Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 1,543 inhabitants in 2010. European route E45 and the Inland Line both pass through Dorotea.
==History== Dorotea has been populated since 1713, when the first settler Jon Erson Kervalainen and his wife moved to a Sami camp later known as Svanavatten ("Swan water"). This village expanded to 41 houses by the end of the century, and the residents were anxious to build a chapel. The seat was chosen to be Bergvattnet.
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