Fåglavik

Fåglavik
Fåglavik
Coordinates: 58°07′N 13°06′E / 58.117°N 13.100°E / 58.117; 13.100Coordinates: 58°07′N 13°06′E / 58.117°N 13.100°E / 58.117; 13.100
Country Sweden
Province Västergötland
County Västra Götaland County
Municipality Herrljunga Municipality
and Vara Municipality
Area[1]
 • Total 0.57 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
 • Total 209
 • Density 364/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Fåglavik is a bimunicipal village situated in Herrljunga Municipality and Vara Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 209 inhabitants in 2005, increasing to 5043 in 2010.[1]

Was born here the Blessed Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad, (June 4, 1870 – April 24, 1957), nurse, catholic nun and re-founder of the Bridgettines. An artist Jan Van Den Bergen used to live the house where she was born. Jan was an artist who was a Fantastic Realist, he died some time after 2008 of cancer. He was known for painting fantasy scenes.

The village used to have a glass factory, the glass factory was a brick building which was contaminated with asbestos, during 2008 the building was demolished and site conditioned to reduce the spread of contamination into the environment.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (xls) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
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