Rottneros Explained

Official Name:Rottneros
Pushpin Map:Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Sunne Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Värmland County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Värmland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.58
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:448
Population Density Km2:283
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:59.8°N 20°W

Rottneros (in Swedish pronounced as /rɔtnɛrˈuːs/)[2] is a locality situated in Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 448 inhabitants as of 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.

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.