Gislaved, Sweden
Gislaved | |
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 Folkvisan by Axel Wallenberg | |
  Gislaved  Gislaved | |
| Coordinates: 57°18′N 13°32′E / 57.300°N 13.533°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Småland |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Municipality | Gislaved Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,231 |
| • Density | 1,493/km2 (3,870/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Gislaved (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɪ̂sːlaˌveːd])[2] is a locality and the seat of Gislaved Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden, with 10,231 inhabitants in 2017 out of a municipal total of nearly 30,000.[1]
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Gislaved:
- Gislaveds IS, football club based at the Ryttarvallen.
- Gislaveds VBK, volleyball club
- Lejonen, motorcycle speedway club, who are twice champions of Sweden and race at the Gislaved Motorbana.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gislaved.
- ^ 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. 9.
- ^ "Arena". Lejonen Speedway. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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