Bor (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈboːr])[2] is a locality situated in Värnamo Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,256 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Bor | |
|---|---|
 Bor station, Bor, Sweden | |
  Bor  Bor | |
| Coordinates: 57°07′N 14°10′E / 57.117°N 14.167°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Småland |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Municipality | Värnamo Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,256 |
| • Density | 798/km2 (2,070/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Narrow gauge railway
editBor is the terminus of the 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow gauge Ohsabanan, a museum railway from Os, 15 km away. The railway was constructed in the summer of 1910 and runs steam trains.
Notable people
edit- Anders Henriksson, speedway rider
- Freddy Söderberg - footballer
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 5.
