Vikarbyn
Encyclopedia
Vikarbyn is a locality
situated in Rättvik Municipality
, Dalarna County
, Sweden
with 1,208 inhabitants in 2005. Vikarbyn is situated by lake Siljan
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In Vikarbyn, there is a school, for pupils in the ages 7-11 years, there is a grocery store, a restaurant and two furnishing shops.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Rättvik Municipality
Rättvik Municipality
Rättvik Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Rättvik.In 1963 the municipality was reunited with Boda, which had been detached from it in 1875, and in 1974 Ore was added, thus forming the present municipality.- Geography :Rättvik...
, Dalarna County
Dalarna County
Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 1,208 inhabitants in 2005. Vikarbyn is situated by lake Siljan
Siljan (lake)
Siljan, in Dalarna in central Sweden, is Sweden's sixth largest lake. The cumulative area of Siljan and the adjacent, smaller lakes Orsasjön and Insjön is . Siljan reaches a maximum depth of , and its surface is situated above sea level...
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In Vikarbyn, there is a school, for pupils in the ages 7-11 years, there is a grocery store, a restaurant and two furnishing shops.