Bollnäs

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Bollnäs
Bollnäs Missionskyrka
Bollnäs Missionskyrka
Bollnäs (Sweden)
Bollnäs
Bollnäs
Coordinates: 61°21′N 16°24′E / 61.35, 16.4
Country Sweden
Municipality Bollnäs Municipality
County Gävleborg County
Province Hälsingland
Area [1]
 - Total 12.83 km² (5 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
 - Total 12,455
 - Density 971/km² (2,514.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Bollnäs is a town (pop. 13,000) in Hälsingland, Sweden and the seat of Bollnäs Municipality, Gävleborg County.

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Bollnäs church was built in the 14th century, but the tower is from 1460.
Bollnäs church was built in the 14th century, but the tower is from 1460.

In written sources Bollnäs is traced from 1312, by a vicar named Ingemund who referred to it as Baldenaes, which means "the large isthmus," referring to the isthmus into a nearby lake.

Bollnäs became a city in 1942. Bollnäs has a station along the Northern Railline (Norra Stambanan), but has never served any higher purpose other than as a centre of trade for the surrounding lands.

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Bollnäs is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.

Coordinates: 61°21′N, 16°24′E