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ID: 1062999
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1062999
Record Type:
administrative
Gävle (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 60 41 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 60.6833
decimal degrees
Long: 017 10 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 17.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Bothnia gulf; town grew from a fishing village to become the major export city of the Norrland area; was burned & rebuilt several times; noted for 16th-cen. castle.
Names:
Gävle
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Gefle
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sweden
(nation) (
P
)
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Gävleborg
(county) (
P
)
................
Gävle
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
documented in 8th cen., though not chartered until 1446
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Gävle..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 153-154
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
71
Gefle..........
[
VP
]
..............
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 153-154
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
71
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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