Våmhus is a locality situated in Mora Municipality

Mora Municipality

Mora Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mora.The present municipality was created in 1971, when four older municipal entities were amalgamated.- Localities :*Bergkarlås...

, 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 880 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated by the Orsa Lake

Orsa Lake

Orsa Lake is a lake in the Swedish province Dalarna. It is connected to Siljan by a 4 km long narrow sound, Moranoret.Orsa Lake is 14 km long and 6.5 km wide. The lake has an area of 53 km² and the largest depth reaches to 94 meters....

's northwest beach.

In Våmhus still largely the old fashion local language Våmhusmål is in practice.
The place is also known for its basketry and haircrafts. Please read about so called "Hårkullor".

The present urban area answers to an older parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

by the same name, which covered 14 small villages:

• Kumbelnäs
• Vidbäcken
• Västra Storbyn
• Brändhol
• Myran
• Östra Storbyn
• Limbäck
• Moren
• Sivarsbacken
• Höjen
• Björkvassla
• Bäck
• Indor
• Heden