Alvesta
Alvesta | |
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 Alvesta railway station (Alvesta järnvägsstation) | |
  Alvesta  Alvesta | |
| Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E / 56.900°N 14.550°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Småland |
| County | Kronoberg County |
| Municipality | Alvesta Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 8,017 |
| • Density | 1,535/km2 (3,980/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Climate
Alvesta has a oceanic climate with hot summers.
| Climate data for Alvesta | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.1 (3.4) |
37.6 (3.1) |
39.7 (4.3) |
53.1 (11.7) |
65.3 (18.5) |
81.0 (27.2) |
84.4 (29.1) |
77.0 (25.0) |
66.7 (19.3) |
56.1 (13.4) |
45.5 (7.5) |
41.7 (5.4) |
57.2 (14.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.4 (0.8) |
32.5 (0.3) |
33.8 (1.0) |
40.5 (4.7) |
52.7 (11.5) |
61.5 (16.4) |
63.1 (17.3) |
56.8 (13.8) |
52.3 (11.3) |
39.6 (4.2) |
38.3 (3.5) |
34.5 (1.4) |
44.9 (7.2) |
| Source: [Klart.se] | |||||||||||||
Alvesta (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈâlːvɛsta] )[2] is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.[1]
Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway with the Gothenburg–Kalmar/Karlskrona railway.
References
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- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 4.
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