Vessigebro is a

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situated in

Falkenberg Municipality Falkenberg Municipality () is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat. The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with six rural municipalit ...

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, with 740 inhabitants in 2010. The village was formed at a

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over river Ätran. Its original name, Vessigevad notice this as ''vad'' is the Swedish name for a ford. As a bridge was built over the village the name was changed (''bro'' is Swedish for bridge). The village is home to one of the oldest

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s in Sweden, Katrineberg Folk High School. Among facilities found in the village are Vessige church, a school, a football pitch, a nursing home and a store. Sjönvad, a hamlet east of the village, hosts an annual market, Sjönevad market. An island in the nearby lake Sjönevad hosts the remains of a minor medieval fort. Larsagården, a house of which some parts were built in the 18th century, is located to the west of the village. Several sport clubs are active in the village, among the most popular sports are football, floorball, gymnastics and golf. Several prominent footballers are from Vessige.

Niclas Alexandersson Jens Niclas Alexandersson (; born 29 December 1971) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), right winger and right back. Beginning his career with Halmstads BK, Halmstad in ...

has played over 100 matches for the

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, while his father, Lennart Alexandersson, and brother,

Daniel Alexandersson Daniel Alexandersson (born 3 December 1978) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. He is the younger brother of Niclas Alexandersson. Career Alexandersson started his youth career at Vessigebro BK an ...

, both have played in

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, the top national league. Author

August Bondeson August Leonard Bondeson (2 February 1854 - 23 September 1906) was a Swedish physician and author. Biography August Bondeson was born in Vessigebro, Sweden. He was a student at Uppsala University from 1876, graduating with a med. kand. in 1 ...

was born in the village.

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Populated places in Halland County Populated places in Falkenberg Municipality {{Halland-geo-stub