Vännäs () is a

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Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...

in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of

Vännäs Municipality Vännäs Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vännäs. History In 1928 the locality Vännäs was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town ...

and had 4,466 inhabitants in 2018. 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’.Lundberg, Tyko & Nilsson, Tore ''Vännäs kommuns historia''. Utgiven 1984 Vännäs is the hometown of the hardcore-band

Refused Refused (also known as the Refused) is a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå and formed in 1991. Refused is composed of vocalist Dennis Lyxzén, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandström, and bassist Magnus Flagge. G ...

. The Vännäs TV Tower, a 323 metres tall partially manned broadcasting mast, is located in the vicinity of Vännäs.

Twinned municipalities

Vännäs Municipality is twinned with

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(since 2003),

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and Storkyro,

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Vännäsdagarna

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

Railway

The

Main Line Through Upper Norrland The Main Line Through Upper Norrland ( sv, Stambanan genom övre Norrland) is a long railway line between Bräcke, Jämtland County and Boden, Norrbotten County in Sweden. For military and regional policy reasons, it was built in very sparsely p ...

was built during the 19th century, and was for military reasons passing through Vännäs instead of

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

, the largest urban center in

Västerbotten Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the p ...

. The railway made Vännäs an important rail junction, which facilitated the rapid growth of the locality.

Schools

Liljaskolan, the locality's only

upper secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

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.

Notable people from Vännäs

Athletes

* Daniel Tjärnqvist * Mathias Tjärnqvist

Musicians

Dennis Lyxzén Sven Olov Dennis Lyxzén (born June 19, 1972) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for influential Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, as well as the bands INVSN and Fake Names. He is also a former member of bands ...

Media

* Sverker Olofsson * Linda Olofsson

Authors

*Pär Hansson

References

External links

Vännäs MunicipalityVännäsdagarna
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vannas Populated places in Västerbotten County Populated places in Vännäs Municipality Municipal seats of Västerbotten County Swedish municipal seats