Valbo
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Valbo is an urban area in Gävleborg County, Sweden with about 7,000 inhabitants. It has been incorporated into Gävle Municipality.
Valbo is known for the large shopping mall Valbo köpcentrum and for being the birthplace for the Nobel Prize laureate The (Theodor) Svedberg.
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[edit] Bigger parts of Valbo
- Heden
- Markheden
- Ludvigsberg
- Nybo
- Sofiedal
- Sveden
[edit] Villages of Valbo
- Alborga
- Allmänninge
- Backa
- Bäck
- Grååsen
- Häcklinge
- Johanneslöt
- Lund
- Mackmyra
- Rörberg
- Stackbo
- Sälgsjön
- Tvea
- Västbyggeby
- Ytterhärde
- Åbyfors
- Åsbyggeby
- Öhn
- Östanbäck
- Överhärde
During the 20th century has Fleräng (Älvkarleby Municipality) and Furuvik, Bomhus, Järvsta and Hemlingby (Gävle Municipality) been secluded from Valbo. Forsbacka and Hagaström are in the same assembly as Valbo (Valbo Assembly) but the places are not usually seen as a part of Valbo.
[edit] Education
- Sofiedalskolan (Sofiedal School) Is an upper (senior) level of compulsory school and it's located in the central parts of Valbo and it has around 550 students, The school also have an intermediate level and also the first three years of compulsory school for students.
- Ludvigsbergsskolan (Ludvigsberg School) is located in the central parts of Valbo and it has the first three years of compulsory school for students and also an intermediate level. The school has around 400 students.
- Alborga skola (Alborga School) is located in the north of Valbo and it has the first three years of compulsory school for students with about 100 students
Häcklingeskolan (Häcklinge School) was closed in 2005 and the students were transported to the Sofiedal school
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