Tällberg
Appearance
Tällberg | |
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Coordinates: 60°49′N 15°00′E / 60.817°N 15.000°E | |
Country | Sweden |
Province | Dalarna |
County | Dalarna County |
Municipality | Leksand Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 606 |
• Density | 197/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Tällberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɛ̂lːbærj])[2] is a small village located in Leksand Municipality, Dalarna County in Sweden. It is situated on the shore of Lake Siljan, in the northern part of Leksand. A special character of the village is that all houses and buildings are made of wood, such as timber or log. The village itself has about 200 permanent residents and a further 400 people have holiday cottages. There are eight hotels in the village and it has developed from a farmer's village in the beginning of 1900 to one of the most known tourist and visitor resorts in Sweden.
Notable people
- Anita Björk, actress
References
- ^ a b "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 26.