Bjärtrå is a parish of the province of

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. Since 1974 it has been administered as part of the

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. The parish has an area of 158 square kilometres, and in the year 2000 there were 1,687 inhabitants. The locality of

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and parts of

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, and Strinne, lie within Bjärtrå.Hans Harlen, ''Sverige från A till Ö'' (Stockholm: Kommentus, 2003; ) The parish was established in the Middle Ages. In 1862 the rural district of Bjärtrå was created. In 1974 this was merged into the

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Kramfors Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010. The town grew on the western bank of the Ångerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs ...

Round Barn

The Bjärtrå

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''(pictured)'' is a wooden building believed to have been constructed about 1848. In 1958 it was bought by a history society, which continues to maintain it.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bjartra Populated places in Kramfors Municipality Ångermanland