Vännäs
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Vännäs () is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 9,077 inhabitants in 2024.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Vännäsby
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vannas railwaystation Sweden.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Vännäs railway station in July 2005
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Vännäs Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västerbotten County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Västerbotten
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.28
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,466
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1257
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area in Sweden
- Official name
- Vännäs
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 4585
- Area
- 459
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Vännäs Municipality
- Image
- Vannas railwaystation Sweden.jpg
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- Vännäs
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Twinned municipalities
- Vännäsdagarna
- Railway
- Shops and services
- Schools
- Attractions
- Notable people from Vännäs
- References
- External links
Vännäs () is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 9,077 inhabitants in 2024.
The name of the village has existed since 1535 (Wendenäs, "The place where a person walking down the western shoreline of the Vindel river must change her path").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vännäs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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