Reftele Explained

Official Name:Reftele
Pushpin Map:Sweden Jönköping#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Gislaved Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jönköping County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Småland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.60
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:1,282
Population Density Km2:802
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.1833°N 48°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfb

Reftele (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈrɛ̂fːtɛlɛ/)[2] is a locality situated in Gislaved Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,282 inhabitants in 2010. Here lived Johan Svensson who died in the sinking of Titanic aged 75 and his son Amandus Ekström aged 45.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 20.