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Västerås

urban area in Västerås Municipality, Sweden
Place urban_area_in_sweden Q25412

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
urban area in Sweden, big city[3]
Country
Sweden[2]
Official website
www.vasteras.se[7]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.617°, 16.542°
Capital of
Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Region Västmanland[23][24][25]
Area
5.2k (4.8k–5.3k, n=6)[30][31][32][33][34][35]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18][19][20][21][22]
Different from
Västerås Municipality[28]
Elevation above sea level
+17[29]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: 1980TC116 2023 Västerås
KML file
Wikidata item[36]
Local dialing code
021[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Västerås Municipality[1]
Native label
Västerås[27]
Official name
Västerås[26]
Opposite of
Ostra Aros[5]
P14470
Locations/Vasteras
Population
132k (107k–132k, n=10)[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Postal code
72X XX[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Västerås en Vasteras ar فيستراس ar فيستيروس ar Västerås ar Vasteras da Vesterås de Westeras de Västeras el Βεστερός el Βεστέρος es Vasterås es Vasteras es Västeras fa وستروس fa وسته‌روآس fa وسته روآس fi Vesterås fi Vesteroos fr Vasteras
🔖 Identifiers · 48
VIAF cluster ID
140723047, 142144648528674718527
Library of Congress authority ID
n80162576
GND ID
4107499-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Stadshotellet Västerås.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
5042
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
123175723
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12005920
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/Sweden/Västmanland_County/Localities/Västerås/
Dagens Nyheter topic ID
vasteras
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4875
Early Modern Letters Online location ID
718e2166-e2fb-4e3c-aac0-419dcf55e12c
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Vasteras
Show all 48 identifiers +36
FAST ID
1211144
Facebook location ID
110873668941216
FactGrid item ID
Lardirago
Fandom article ID
sweden:Västerås
Freebase ID
/m/03zx_5
GADM ID
SWE.20.11_1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2534274
GeoNames ID
2664454
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
vasteras
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0069706
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Västerås
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1910760
IdRef ID
032076339
Latin Place Names ID
a/arosiae
Lex ID
Västerås
MusicBrainz area ID
42e29915-5702-49d8-b95d-ac7e8afb6c11
Münzkabinett ID
location/3507
NL CR AUT ID
xx0053560
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/17E79470-E586-422F-9DE1-FD6C92C91A46
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007566866705171
Omni topic ID
962875209b683231179a30192a1f83c9eeec9ad7
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3992356
OpenStreetMap node ID
27513227
Quora topic ID
Västerås-Sweden
RKD thesaurus ID
20026
SBN place ID
MILL003520
Settlement area code in Sweden
1980TC116
Swedish National Library Arken ID
Västerås
Swedish urban area code
T6376
TORA ID
12449
Topic's main category
Category:Västerås
UN/LOCODE
SEVST
Who's on First ID
101752303
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJh4yh4TKXkj4h4BgrkYyd
YSO ID
507546
Yale LUX ID
place/4aa63b38-4843-410b-9176-708eab0c2d72

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🔗 Connections
People born here 99
Victor Lindelöf, Mai Zetterling, Olaus Rudbeck, Frida Hansdotter, Nicklas Lidström, Ulf Andersson, Torbjörn Nilsson, Esbjörn Svensson +91 more
Located in this place 15
ASEA, Västerås Cathedral, Mälardalen University, 1965 World Archery Championships, 2009 Women's World Floorball Championships, Ängsö Castle, 1968 European Figure Skating Championships, 1968 European Wrestling Championships +7 more
People who died here 13
Gunnar Sköld, Svante Nilsson, Gustaf Rosenquist, Carl Martin Norberg, Jonas Wenström, Lars Pettersson, Lennart Söderberg, Roger Norman +5 more
← Headquarters location 10
ABB Group, ASEA, Västerås SK Fotboll, Västerås IK, Västerås IK, Västerås SK, Västerås BK30, Vestmanlands Läns Tidning +2 more
Contained subdivisions 6
Stockholm Västerås Airport, Arosvallen, Diocese of Västerås, Bandy World Championship 1963, Bandy World Championship 2009, 1983 European Curling Championships
← Category combines topics 4
Category:People from Västerås, Category:Sport in Västerås, Category:Births in Västerås, Category:Buildings and structures in Västerås
Capital of 2
Västmanland County, Västerås Municipality
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 2
big city, urban area in Sweden
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Residents 2
Åsa Svensson, Christer Allgardh
← Capital 2
Västmanland County, Västerås Municipality
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Västerås
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Västerås
Country 1
Sweden
Different from 1
Västerås Municipality
FactGrid item ID 1
Lardirago
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Västerås Municipality
Named after 1
Stockholm Västerås Airport
Topic's main category 1
Category:Västerås
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Västerås
← Different from 1
Västerås Municipality
← Filming location 1
The Anderssons in Greece
← Location of formation 1
H&M
← Narrative location 1
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
← Place of burial 1
Peter Karlsson
← Place served by transport hub 1
Stockholm Västerås Airport
← Primary destinations 1
European route E18
← Work location 1
Johannes Rudbeckius
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Västerås include Stockholm Västerås Airport[37], an international airport[38], in Sweden[39], founded in 1930[40].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Västerås include Stockholm Västerås Airport[37], an international airport[38], in Sweden[39], founded in 1930[40].

Related Entities

ABB Group Frida Hansdotter H&M Lardirago Mai Zetterling Olaus Rudbeck Sweden The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Västerås BK30 Victor Lindelöf

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  13. [13] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2018 – befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Q88541482. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Statistical localities 2020. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Statistical localities 2020. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2023, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet per tätort. scb.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [26] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2018 – befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. wikidata.org.
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  30. [30] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2018 – befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Statistical localities 2020. wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2023, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet per tätort. wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Vasteras
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 15w ago · Plánovací kalendář · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Stadshotellet Västerås.JPG
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Stadshotellet Västerås.JPG, Import image (P18) from Wikipedia infobox (template harvest)"
  3. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Västerås
    Capital of → Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Region Västmanland
    Coordinates → —
    KML file → Wikidata item
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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