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Ljusdal () is a locality and the seat of Ljusdal Municipality,
Gävleborg County Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and Và ...
,
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with 6,230 inhabitants in 2010. Ljusdal is situated on Riksväg 83 which runs between Tönnebro in
Söderhamn Municipality Söderhamn Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former ''City of Söderhamn'' was amalga ...
in
Gävleborg County Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and Và ...
and Ã…nge in
Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...
. It is located beside the river Ljusnan which goes from Bruksvallarna to the
Gulf of Bothnia The Gulf of Bothnia (; ; ) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and the Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the northern part of Sweden's east coast ( West Bothnia an ...
. Ljusdal is noted for having hosted the annual Bandy World Cup in the sport of
bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...
from 1974 to 2008. Three
Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland The Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland () is a World Heritage Site inscribed on 1 July 2012 as Sweden's List of World Heritage Sites in Sweden, fifteenth entry on the list. Seven farmhouses erected in the 19th century were eventually selected to ...
situated in Ljusdal Municipality were inscribed in 2012 on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.


Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Ljusdal: * Ljusdals IF * Ljusdals bandyklubb * Ljusdals ridklubb * Ljusdals judoklubb * Ljusdals karateklubb


Gallery

Ljusdals järnvägshotell.jpg, Ljusdal Railway Hotel Ljusdals kyrka-view.jpg, Ljusdal Church Ljusdals station December 2017 01.jpg, Ljusdal Railway Station TH- Härnösand .jpg, Bandy at Ljusdals IP


See also

* Ljusdal Municipality


References

Populated places in Ljusdal Municipality Hälsingland Municipal seats of Gävleborg County Swedish municipal seats {{Gävleborg-geo-stub