Place:Västernorrland, Sweden

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NameVästernorrland
Alt namesVästernorrlands län
Västernorrlandsource: Family History Library Catalog
Västernorrlandsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Västernorrlands Länsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeCounty
Coordinates63.0°N 17.5°E
Located inSweden
Contained Places
Hundred
Medelpads härad
Inhabited place
Tåsjö
Municipality
Härnösand
Kramfors
Sollefteå
Sundsvall ( 1500 - )
Timrå
Ånge
Örnsköldsviks
Parish
Bodum ( - 1973 )
Fjällsjö ( - 1973 )
Tåsjö
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Västernorrland County is a county (län) in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia.

The name Västernorrland means "Western Norrland", as it was in the western part of the original Norrland (northern Sweden and northern Finland).

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