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The name of the village is known since 1535 (Wendenäs, ‘The place where a person walking down the western shoreline of the Vindel river must change her path’).[3]
Vännäs is the hometown of the hardcore-band Refused. The Vännäs TV Tower, a 323 metres tall partially staffed broadcasting mast, is located in the vicinity of Vännäs.
Vännäsdagarna ("The Vännäs Days") is a three days long annual festival during the second weekend of July, which brings a mix of performers and street vendors to Vännäs every year. An estimated 58,000 visitors attend the festival each year, thus making Vännäsdagarna the biggest festival in Västerbotten County.[citation needed]
Railwayedit
The Main Line Through Upper Norrland was built during the 19th century, and was for military reasons[citation needed] passing through Vännäs instead of Umeå, the largest urban center in Västerbotten. The railway made Vännäs an important rail junction, which facilitated the rapid growth of the locality. Today passenger trains depart regularly to Umeå and to Vindeln and Luleå further north.
Shops & Servicesedit
There are two supermarkets, ICA and Coop a Systembolaget as well as several cafes, pizzerias, two Thai restaurants and at least three hairdressers. Pingstkyrkan runs a good second hand store on the main street. Vännäs also has a district veterinarian with 24 hour coverage.
Schoolsedit
Liljaskolan, the locality's only upper secondary school caters for 1100 students, studying at eleven programmes. Students at Liljaskolan can choose to study, among other things, transportation and tourism.
Hammarskolan caters for some 250 pupils in year 7–9, whereas younger students attend Vegaskolan which caters for year 0-9.[citation needed]
Attractionsedit
Vännäs is home to the motor museum where there are many vintage cars, motorbiikes, tractors and even some airplanes and helicopters. It is housed in an old air-hangar to the west of the town.
Vännäs badcamping has an outdoor waterpark that is open through the summer and has a water slide as well as a small cafe and a sauna.
^ abc"Tätorter 2015 – befolkning 2015–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden 2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 28.
^Lundberg, Tyko & Nilsson, Tore Vännäs kommuns historia. Utgiven 1984
External linksedit
Vännäs Municipality
Vännäsdagarna
January 01, 1970
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Swedish August 2012 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Swedish Wikipedia article at sv Vannas see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated sv Vannas to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Vannas Swedish pronunciation ˈvɛ nːɛs 2 is a locality in Vasterbotten County in northern Sweden Vannas is the seat of Vannas Municipality and had 4 466 inhabitants in 2018 1 VannasVannas railway station in July 2005VannasShow map of VasterbottenVannasShow map of SwedenCoordinates 63 55 N 19 45 E 63 917 N 19 750 E 63 917 19 750CountrySwedenProvinceVasterbottenCountyVasterbotten CountyMunicipalityVannas MunicipalityArea 1 Total3 28 km2 1 27 sq mi Population 31 December 2018 1 Total4 466 Density1 257 km2 3 260 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST The name of the village is known since 1535 Wendenas The place where a person walking down the western shoreline of the Vindel river must change her path 3 Vannas is the hometown of the hardcore band Refused The Vannas TV Tower a 323 metres tall partially staffed broadcasting mast is located in the vicinity of Vannas Contents 1 Twinned municipalities 2 Vannasdagarna 3 Railway 4 Shops amp Services 5 Schools 6 Attractions 7 Notable people from Vannas 7 1 Athletes 7 2 Musicians 7 3 Media 7 4 Authors 8 References 9 External linksTwinned municipalities edit nbsp Johannes Church Vannas Municipality is twinned with Cameri Italy since 2003 Hemnes Norway and Storkyro Finland Vannasdagarna editVannasdagarna The Vannas Days is a three days long annual festival during the second weekend of July which brings a mix of performers and street vendors to Vannas every year An estimated 58 000 visitors attend the festival each year thus making Vannasdagarna the biggest festival in Vasterbotten County citation needed Railway editThe Main Line Through Upper Norrland was built during the 19th century and was for military reasons citation needed passing through Vannas instead of Umea the largest urban center in Vasterbotten The railway made Vannas an important rail junction which facilitated the rapid growth of the locality Today passenger trains depart regularly to Umea and to Vindeln and Lulea further north Shops amp Services editThere are two supermarkets ICA and Coop a Systembolaget as well as several cafes pizzerias two Thai restaurants and at least three hairdressers Pingstkyrkan runs a good second hand store on the main street Vannas also has a district veterinarian with 24 hour coverage Schools editLiljaskolan the locality s only upper secondary school caters for 1100 students studying at eleven programmes Students at Liljaskolan can choose to study among other things transportation and tourism Hammarskolan caters for some 250 pupils in year 7 9 whereas younger students attend Vegaskolan which caters for year 0 9 citation needed Attractions editVannas is home to the motor museum where there are many vintage cars motorbiikes tractors and even some airplanes and helicopters It is housed in an old air hangar to the west of the town Vannas badcamping has an outdoor waterpark that is open through the summer and has a water slide as well as a small cafe and a sauna Notable people from Vannas editAthletes edit Daniel Tjarnqvist Mathias Tjarnqvist Musicians edit Dennis Lyxzen Media edit Sverker Olofsson Linda Olofsson Authors edit Par HanssonReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vannas a b c Tatorter 2015 befolkning 2015 2018 landareal andel som overlappas av fritidshusomraden 2 2005 och 2010 in Swedish Statistics Sweden 14 December 2011 Archived from the original on 27 January 2012 Retrieved 10 January 2012 Joran Sahlgren Gosta Bergman 1979 Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter in Swedish p 28 Lundberg Tyko amp Nilsson Tore Vannas kommuns historia Utgiven 1984External links editVannas Municipality Vannasdagarna Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vannas amp oldid 1205781798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
