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Encyclopedia > Orsa Municipality
Orsa Municipality on Sweden's municipal map.
Orsa Municipality on Sweden's municipal map.

Orsa Municipality is a Municipality in Dalarna County, in central Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 1743.5 km², and has a population of 7 021, with a population density of 4 inhabitants per km². Its seat is in Orsa with 5,200 inhabitants, situated at 61°07′N 14°37′E.
Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 265 × 598 pixel Image in higher resolution (372 × 840 pixel, file size: 15 KB, MIME type: image/png) w:Orsa Municipality in Sweden File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 265 × 598 pixel Image in higher resolution (372 × 840 pixel, file size: 15 KB, MIME type: image/png) w:Orsa Municipality in Sweden File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... Dalarna County, or Dalarnas län is a County or län in middle Sweden. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

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Geography

The town Orsa is located on the north-eastern shore of the 53 km² large Lake Orsa (Orsasjön). Through a southern water passage, it is connected with one of Sweden's largest lakes: Siljan. Siljan, in Dalecarlia in central Sweden, is Swedens sixth largest lake. ...

View from the Grönklitt mountain.

By the shores of Orsasjön the Orsa Camping was inaugurated in 1932. With a kilometer long sandy beach, it has several times one awards for its quality and beauty, and is by some referred to as the Dalecarlia Riviera. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixel Image in higher resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixel Image in higher resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 2. ...


Nature sights include the Grönklitt mountain, that houses a notable Bear park and skiing hill. The bear park is an enclosed area where not only bears but also wolves, lynx and wolverines reside, and is the biggest bear park in north of europe. Genera Ailuropoda Helarctos Melursus Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a small mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora. ... Alpine skier carving a turn on piste Members of the U.S. Air Force skiing (and snowboarding) at Keystone Resorts 14th Annual SnoFest Downhill Ski Racing This article is about snow skiing. ... Binomial name Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 Wolf redirects here. ... The overall range of Lynx species. ... Binomial name Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758) Wolverine range The Wolverine (Gulo gulo) is the largest land-dwelling species of the Mustelidae or weasel family (the Giant Otter is largest overall), and is the only species currently classified in the genus Gulo (meaning glutton). It is also called the Glutton or...




Notable natives

Gustaf de Laval The former De Laval steam turbine factory, now converted to a conference centre, in Nacka, outside Stockholm Gustaf Patrik de Laval (May 9, 1845 - February 2, 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and dairy machinery. ... Orsa Spelmän is a folk music quintet from Orsa in Sweden. ...

See also

Orsa Court District, or Orsa tingslag, was a district of Dalecarlia in Sweden. ...

Other uses

  • ORSA, a medical term
  • ORSA, the Operations Research Society of America
  • "Orsa" or "Orsha" is an alternative spelling of Vorša, Belarus.
  • ORSA Swiss Diving Watches - [2]
  • O.R.S.A., Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis software - [3]

Binomial name Staphylococcus aureus Rosenbach 1884 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a specific strain of the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium that has developed antibiotic resistance to all penicillins, including methicillin and other narrow-spectrum β-lactamase-resistant penicillin antibiotics. ... INFORMS is The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. ... Vorša or Orsha (Belarusian: , Russian: , Polish: Orsza) is a city in Belarus. ...

External links

  • Orsa - Official site


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Orsa Municipality at AllExperts (234 words)
Orsa Municipality is a Municipality in Dalarna County, in central Sweden.
The municipality covers an area of 1743.5 km², and has a population of 6 986, with a population density of 4 inhabitants per km².
By the shores of Orsasjön the Orsa Camping was inaugurated in 1932.
SUNET's Web Index: Municipalities (1301 words)
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