Alvesta

Not to be confused with Avesta in Dalarna County, Sweden.

Alvesta (Swedish: [ˈâlːvɛsta] ^ⓘ)^[2] is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.^[1]

Alvesta
Alvesta railway station (Alvesta järnvägsstation)
Alvesta Show map of Kronoberg Alvesta Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 56°54′N 14°33′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Småland
County	Kronoberg County
Municipality	Alvesta Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	8,017
• Density	1,535/km2 (3,980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway with the Gothenburg–Kalmar/Karlskrona railway.