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Topic: Vindeln Municipality


  
  Municipalities in Västerbotten
The western portion of the municipality is mountainous and has high plateaus with heaths and old spruce forests, which are the habitat of a rich bird life and several animals that are listed as endangered species.
The eastern portion of the municipality is mostly farmland.
73% of the municipality is woodlands and 13% is farmland.
www.vasterbotten.se /english/municip-detail.htm   (2230 words)

  
 KTHNOC's Web Index: Municipalities
Municipality of Gnesta - Gnesta is a young municipality with beautiful meadows in the Sörmland county.
Municipality of Grums - The municipality of Grums is strategically situated by lake Vänern, where E18 and national highway 45 meet.
Municipality of Mariestad - The pearl of lake Vanern.
katalogen.kthnoc.se /cat/government/municipalities   (1420 words)

  
 SUNET's Web Index: Municipalities
Municipality of Emmaboda - Situated in the middle of The Kingdom of Crystal and Vilhelm Mobergs emigrant country.
Municipality of Flen - In the middle of Sörmland.
Municipality of Mariestad - The pearl of lake Vanern.
katalogen.sunet.se /cat/government/municipalities   (1301 words)

  
 Dorotea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Dorotea is a municipality in northern Sweden, in the county of Västerbotten.
The municipality covers an area of 2802.5 km²;.
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www.termsdefined.net /do/dorotea.html   (168 words)

  
 Broadband grows at the grass-root level: Small towns are tackling the slow rollout of high-speed services by taking the ...
The villagers of Vindeln, in remote northern Sweden, are digging up their own roads to lay fiber so that every resident can have broadband access.
About half of the villages in the municipality are already connected to a national fiber network, but the villagers want fiber to their homes, so they are volunteering their labor to lay the fiber themselves.
Municipal initiatives are cropping up more frequently in Europe and the United States, as businesses and residents become increasingly frustrated by the lack of broadband infrastructure and services.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0UKG/is_2002_April_1/ai_85368013   (785 words)

  
 Removing Barriers - Case Studies
The municipality of Vindeln lies 50 km north of Umeå in the valley of the Vindelälven.
The Municipality of Lycksele lies 120 km north-west of Umeå.
The County of Västerbotten lies in the north of Sweden and comprises of 15 municipalities.
www.maestrazgo.org /removing/CasesVasterbotten.htm   (2362 words)

  
 Test1eng - List of Learning Centres: Storuman| Stromsund | Vilhelmina | Vindeln| Asele
Distinctions like "Fishing Municipality of the Year", "Hunting Municipality of the Year" and runner-up for "Cultural Municipality of the Year" are proofs of Vilhelmina's natural resources.
Vindeln is the small place with the wide range.
Vindeln is famous for its unexploited national river - the Vindel River.
www.akademinorr.se /english1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=46&limit=1&limitstart=2   (476 words)

  
 INTERREG KVARKEN-MITTSKANDIA
The Kvarken region includes the county of Västerbotten and the municipality of Örnsköldsvik in Sweden and the provinces Österbotten, Mellersta Österbotten and Södra Österbotten in Finland.
The municipality Örnsköldsvik in Västernorrland and the province of Södra Österbotten in Finland are included in the Programme provided that no more than 20% of the EU funding is spent there.
The Interreg programme gives a general description of the objectives, contents and resources for the programme period while the programming complement provides a more detailed presentation of the types of cross-border co-operation and activities that can be supported.
www.kvarken-mittskandia.nu /en/kvarken-mittskandia   (254 words)

  
 EN - Library - The European rural model - City and countryside working together   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Two of these municipalities were part of the Objective 6 region (sparsely populated Nordic areas) and four were in an Objective 5b region (fragile rural areas).
Ulrika Lundin insists on the decisive role of the LEADER group's board of directors in changing mentalities, underlining the active participation of each member of the board: "the board is a total personification of the local action group.
He accepted the conditions laid down by the municipality - to take the necessary steps to create economic activities and jobs on the site - bought the buildings for a relatively symbolic sum of EUR 120 000 ("a lot less than the annual heating bill!," he adds) and invested in equipment.
ec.europa.eu /comm/archives/leader2/rural-en/biblio/model/art07.htm   (2421 words)

  
 Test1eng - Home
Akademi Norr emerged as the result of the cooperation among 13 municipalities in four counties in northern Sweden.
The Municipalities of Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur, Dorotea, Kramfors, Lycksele, Malå, Sollefteå, Sorsele, Storuman, Strömsund, Vilhelmina, Vindeln and Åsele have established Akademi Norr, a statutory joint authority, aimed at initiating, coordinating and implementing higher education programmes and courses that will meet the needs and requirements for basic service, innovative growth and development.
They may be managed by municipal administrators, by educational associations or in cooperation with universities or labour unions.
www.akademinorr.se /english1   (330 words)

  
 Statsvetenskapliga institutionen - Umeå universitet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Most questions were similar for all respondents, but one section on cross-municipal orientation was different for the central city respondents and those living in the surrounding municipalities.
It was financed by the County Council and the County Administrative Board of Västerbotten, eight municipalities in Västerbotten and the EU Objective 1 structural fund.
It defines a local labour market area as consisting of a central municipality, usually a city, and the surrounding municipalities that have their main commuting directed towards this centre.
www.pol.umu.se /forskning/forskningsprojekt/beskrivning/dem_city-regions.shtml   (569 words)

  
 Nature Based Tourism - The municipality of Sorsele and the Vindel River Valley
The municipality of Sorsele and the Vindel River Valley
Sorsele and the Vindel River Valley is situated near the Arctic Circle, mostly in southern Lapland.
The area comprises four rural municipalities – Sorsele, Lycksele, Vindeln and Vännäs.
www.naturebasedtourism.net /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=38   (380 words)

  
 Vindelälvens Camping
Vindelns Camping is a small and cosy camping, beautifully situated by the Vindel river in Vindeln (road 363 NW of Umeå) in northern Sweden.
Enjoy fishing, strolling along the river, making an open fire by the river, painting exhibition in the Mill, minigolf, playground for children or relax in the sun with a cup of coffee in our summer café with a splendid view on Renforsen, a wild swirling rapid.
Vindelns Camping, Solviksvägen 14, 922 91 Vindeln, 0046(0)933-108 33, Sweden
www.vindelnscamping.se /indexeng.htm   (113 words)

  
 About Sweden: Counties
The county comprises the municipality of Gotland in the province of GOTLAND.
The county comprises the municipalities of Falkenberg, Halmstad, Kungsbacka, Laholm and Varberg, all located in the province of HALLAND and the municipality of Hylte that is located in the province of SMÅLAND.
The county comprises the municipalities of Härnösand, Kramfors, Sollefteå, Sundsvall, locatied in the province of MEDELPAD and the municipalities of Timrå, Ånge and Örnsköldsvik, located in the province of ÅNGERMANLAND.
www.aboutsweden.net /Counties/index.html   (1259 words)

  
 About Sweden: County Councils and Regions
The County Council of Halland comprises the municipalities of Falkenberg, Halmstad, Kungsbacka, Laholm and Varberg, all located in the province of HALLAND and the municipality of Hylte that is located in the province of SMÅLAND.
The County Council of Jämtland comprises the municipalities of Berg, Bräcke, Krokom, Ragunda, Strömsund, Åre and Östersund, all located in the province of JÄMTLAND, and the minicipality of Härjedalen in the province of HÄRJEDALEN.
The County Council of Västernorrland comprises the municipalities of Härnösand, Kramfors, Sollefteå, Sundsvall, locatied in the province of MEDELPAD and the municipalities of Timrå, Ånge and Örnsköldsvik, located in the province of ÅNGERMANLAND.
www.aboutsweden.net /County_Councils_and_Regions/index.html   (1258 words)

  
 Continued successes for Netwise within public administration - receives order from Umeå municipality - Netwise
The telephony solution chosen by Umeå municipality and the other five surrounding municipalities in a joint procurement comprises the Netwise Contact Management (CMG) 6.0 telephony system, together with Cisco System’s CallManager IP switchboard.
The municipalities included in the procurement, in addition to Umeå, are Nordmaling, Bjurholm, Vännäs, Vindeln and Robertsfors.
The entire system will be fully implemented in all the municipalities in question during the first half of 2005.
www.netwisecorp.com /DitTemplates/News.aspx?id=9796   (361 words)

  
 This is how Sweden's smallest municipality got one of Sweden's largest libraries - Umeå kommun
Umeåregion consists of 6 municipalities; Bjurholm (2,500 inhabitants), Nordmaling (7,500) Robertsfors (7,000), Umeå (110,000), Vindeln (5,700)and Vännäs (8,500).
Currently there is no precedent and after consulting lawyers the decision was made that if the information on the library card, borrowing rules and regulations, etc. is sufficiently clear it means that the signer of the library card agrees with the condition that the information will be used in the joint borrowers´ register.
During the year 2005, 1.5 % of the book collection was borrowed from another municipality than the owning one (in total 20,000 books).
www.umea.se /omkommunen/languages/inenglish/culturalactivitieslibraries/libraryservices/projects/library2007/thisishowswedenssmallestmunicipalitygotoneofswedenslargestlibraries.4.7f72e05d10d356aab3480004936.html   (1575 words)

  
 SLU - Fakulteten för skogsvetenskap
The excursion will be held around the small town of Vindeln, 60 km NW of Umeå, where we will visit a number of old and current long-term forest experiments, established to study the impact of forest management and climate on the structure, production, and carbon and nutrient dynamics in boreal forests.
Model Forest is one of several concepts for developing societal arenas to support the development of living landscapes based on renewable natural resources.
Vilhelmina municipality became in 2004 Europe's first member of the International Model Forest Network.
www.sfak.slu.se /ShowPage.cfm?OrgenhetSida_ID=4767   (1033 words)

  
 Indexator to build new factory for SEK 100 million in Vindeln
Not only is this a boost for Indexator, but it also means a great deal to Vindeln as a municipality and to the region as a whole," says Hans Jonsson, Chairman of Indexator.
It marks the beginning of a period of fantastic growth in Vindeln.
Indexator is based in Vindeln 50 km west of Umeå, and has annual sales of approximately SEK 238 million.
www.indexator.se /default.asp?ptid=1236&id=8581   (432 words)

  
 Organization - www.lycksele.se
The rescue leader in Lycksele has his own emergency car and serves as rescue leader in the whole municipality.
The rescue leader and his deputy are included in the leader alert for the Lycksele, Malå, Storuman, Sorsele, Arjeplog and Arvidsjaur areas.
We have an agreement on emergency and rescue services across borders with Sorsele, Storuman and Malå and an agreement on emergency and rescue assistance with the municipalities of Vindeln and Bjurholm.
www.lycksele.se /templates/Page.aspx?id=7070   (214 words)

  
 Social objectives and ethical guidelines
Within the framework of this project an inventory is being drawn up of seasonal work in the municipalities, possible combinations and training needs.
The decision to harvest was preceded by a two-year long dialogue with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and residents in the village of Valvträsk.
The parks in Tönnersjöheden, Asa and Vindeln have permanently manned field research stations.
www2.sveaskog.se /upload/arsredovisning_2004_www_eng/html/socialt_ansvar.htm   (2138 words)

  
 Where is Skelleftea? - Blurtit
Skellefteå is a Swedish municipality that is located in northern Sweden.
It is surrounded by Robertsfors, Umeå, Vindeln, Norsjö, Arvidsjaur and Piteå.
Skellefteå is located in the region of Skellefte Älv, a river that flows all the way through the city.
www.blurtit.com /q735698.html   (188 words)

  
 Vännäs Turism, Illuminated ski tracks 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In the municipality of Vindeln, the longest rapids along the river Vindelälven are in Långforsen.
Along this 3-km stretch, the river has a majestic height of fall of 16 m.
A small community of the official flower of the province of Västerbotten, the King Charles’ Sceptre grows here on the east side of the river where spring runs down to the little beach.
www.vannas.se /turism/elljus2e.htm   (427 words)

  
 FORSKNÄCKARNA AB
Forsknäckarna’s camp in Vikheden, Ekorrsele is beautifully nestled by the river, Vindelälven, in the Municipality of Vindeln.
From Umeå, take northbound road 363, Vindelälvsvägen. After about 55 km, you’ll be in the community of Vindeln, and from Vindeln, it’s about 30 km to the turnoff to Lycksele (Road no. 699).
At the turnoffs, there are signs to lead you to us.
www.forsknackarna.com /English/ROADMAP/eroadmap.htm   (162 words)

  
 Maps of municipalities of Sweden - Wikimedia Commons
Maps of municipalities of Sweden - Wikimedia Commons
The page name states "Make your own map".
Municipality borders of Sweden with names and codes from SCB 2005.pdf
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Municipalities_of_Sweden   (36 words)

  
 7c Renforsskolan
In this class there are 24 very nice pupils, 13 boys and 11 girls.
We come from different parts of the municipality of Vindeln.
My name is Karin Lindmark and I live in Vindeln.
www.skola.vindeln.se /contact/7ce.htm   (719 words)

  
 SUNET's Web Index: Vindeln   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Data collected at Sat Dec 23 19:52:28 2006 GMT.
Vindelns Naturskyddsförening - Welcome to the local organisation of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.
We present local information concerning Nature conservation and environmental issues from the county of Vindeln.
katalogen.sunet.se /cat/regional/counties/vasterbottens_lan/vindeln   (39 words)

  
 Search Europe
Travel the Nordic wilderness track, mushing an Alaskan husky dog sled team.
- Either you are strolling along the riverbanks, watching the sun reflecting on the white water, or you are walking in the vast pine forests, smelling their fragrance, you will find Vindeln a grand commune.
- The over 13 km long ropeway between ×rträsk and Mensträsk in Norsjö municipality will take you over woodland, marshes, lakes, and the world of the animals in a Västerbotten in miniature.
www.searcheurope.com /search/Open_Directory/Sweden/V__sterbotten_County/index.shtml   (200 words)

  
 FORSKNÄCKARNA AB
We started our business in 1984 with river running as our only activity and since then we have built up our other activities around river running.
Our base camp is in Vikheden, Ekorrsele in the Municipality of Vindeln.
The company and its director of safety are pioneers in this line of business in Scandinavia.
www.forsknackarna.com /english/FKN/epresent.htm   (226 words)

  
 Welcome to Västerbotten
One crucial reason for the decision was a financial contribution from Nutek which is providing 19 million SEK in investment funding.
It marks the start of a period of fantastic development for Vindeln which has just begun.
I see this as a confirmation that we have done right to focus on communications, the provision of labour and bringing attention to the forest machinery cluster in this region,” says Maria Hedblom, manager of trade and industry, Vindeln municipality.
www.welcometovasterbotten.se /default.asp?NewsPages=2005&P=1994&LID=1   (451 words)

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