Avesta (locality)

Avesta
Avesta in October 2010
Avesta in October 2010
Avesta is located in Dalarna
Avesta
Avesta
Avesta is located in Sweden
Avesta
Avesta
Coordinates: 60°08′44″N 16°10′06″E / 60.14556°N 16.16833°E / 60.14556; 16.16833
Country Sweden
ProvinceDalarna
CountyDalarna County
MunicipalityAvesta Municipality
Area
 • Total13.91 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Elevation
89 m (292 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2015)[1]
 • Total11,949
 • Density1,109/km2 (2,870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
774 xx
Area code(+46) 226
ClimateDfb
WebsiteOfficial website

Avesta (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːvɛsta])[2] is a locality and the seat of Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,949 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

The name of Avesta is first found in 1303 as "Aghastadhum". The Swedish Aghe is of similar origin as the word å, meaning stream, in this case the Avestafors, a tributary of the river Dalälven. The Swedish Stadhum was the dative plural of a word of similar origin as the English word stead, or farm. The present name of the town is identical with that of the ancient Persian language and scriptures, but there is no apparent linguistic connection between them.

The Avestadfors settlement, circa 1700, in Suecia antiqua et hodierna.
  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 5.

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