Rottneros ()
is a
locality
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situated in
Sunne Municipality,
Värmland County
Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince ...
,
Sweden with 448 inhabitants in 2010.
Rottneros means "roaring river mouth" in old Swedish. The river
Rottnan used to have three waterfalls close to the discharge into lake
Fryken. The waterfalls were built in 1927 for
hydroelectric power
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.
References
Populated places in Värmland County
Populated places in Sunne Municipality
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