Hedesunda
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Hedesunda is a locality
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 and a parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 situated in Gävle Municipality
Gävle Municipality
Gävle Municipality is a municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the municipal seat.Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.The present municipality was created...

, Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.- Administration :...

, Sweden
Sweden
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 with 1,048 inhabitants in 2005. It is a former municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

.

Urban area in Hedesunda is the village Brunn
Brunn
Brunn or Brünn may refer to:Places* Brünn, the German form of the Czech city Brno* Brunn, Upper Palatinate, a town in Bavaria, Germany* Brunn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany...

. Brunn and its surroundings has about 1,100 citizens. Total population in the area that earlier was the municipality is about 2800. The largest population ever, was back in the beginning of the 20th century with as much as 5 000 - 5 100 citizens. After 1960:s "wiping out of small farmers" is the population rising now in the beginning of the 21st century. The landscape is low-lying with forest, moors and peat bog.

Overview

The surroundings and the county with riverbays gives opportunity for fishing, recreation and outdoor life near Dalälven. This promote the new return of people to the area. Dalälven is part of the Top 10 fishing Sweden.
In the urban area of Hedesunda, Brunn
Brunn
Brunn or Brünn may refer to:Places* Brünn, the German form of the Czech city Brno* Brunn, Upper Palatinate, a town in Bavaria, Germany* Brunn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany...

 is a reconstruction of a former banked silver mine the latest occurrence. The project is supported with grants from the European uniun. Preliminary studies have dated the age to as old as from the thirteenth to the 14th century. The project is namned Brunns Silfvergrufva.
The short distances from Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

 and Västerås
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...

 makes it easy to reach Hedesunda and
Dalälven with car in about an hour. Traveltime from the Swedish national airport Arlanda is about 90 minutes.

Area Ön is a lengthy island who is a part of a boulder ridge (esker). Ön is the culture center in the area and it is located near Dalälven and has bridges at both ends. If you enter from south you will reach Ön by turning right 10 kilometer after Tärnsjö
Tärnsjö
Tärnsjö is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden, with 1,262 inhabitants in 2005....

 at the national road 67 and drive towards Söderfors
Söderfors
Söderfors is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,597 inhabitants in 2005....

. I the north of Hedesunda you enter the national road 67 again and you drive the road towards Valbo
Valbo
Valbo is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,911 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated south-west of Gävle itself and could be considered a suburb of the city....

. In Valbo
Valbo
Valbo is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,911 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated south-west of Gävle itself and could be considered a suburb of the city....

 you can find the largest shopping centre in the area. You can also reach Hedesunda by driving the European road number 4 and on a level at Tierp
Tierp
Tierp is a locality and the seat of Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 5,377 inhabitants in 2005. There is a saying that in Tierp the birds fly upside down.-Communications:...

 north you go towards Söderfors
Söderfors
Söderfors is a locality situated in Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,597 inhabitants in 2005....

.

Ön is a part of a many 100 km long esker. A esker
Esker
An esker is a long winding ridge of stratified sand and gravel, examples of which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America...

 is a long, winding ridges of stratified sand and gravel which occur in glaciated and formerly glaciated regions of Europe and North America.

At Ön you find a dancing place, small bays, open landscape and to sum up you find really nice nature here. You can also find a camping ground Hedesunda Camping with places for caravans, tents. They also have cabins. At the camping spot you can reach the beach called Sandsnäsbadet.

History

Hedesunda has ancient monument continuously from circa 3500 year B.C. from Neolitisk time and Stone Age until today. Especially interesting is the findings after early description of iron.
The oldest documentation is written on old runic stones and a very rare picture-stone (cut outs)
from year 970 A.C. They usually do not appear to the north of lake Mälaren
Mälaren
Lake Mälaren is the third-largest lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and Vättern. Its area is 1,140 km² and its greatest depth is 64 m. Mälaren spans 120 kilometers from east to west...

. In Hedesunda you can also find Gästrikland
Gästrikland
' is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Hälsingland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Gästrikland is the southernmost of the Norrland provinces....

s only ancient castle.
On pergament or paper is written that the archbishop Nils Allesson
Nils Allesson
Nils Allesson was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1292-1305.It is believed that he studied at the University of Paris in 1278. After returning to Sweden, he became deacon in Uppsala in 1286 and was elected Archbishop in 1292...

 visited Hedesunda parish year 1302. Other early document is "Svarta-brevet" from year 1402. This is notes about demarcation. This early boundary documents bring on 16 small villages.

The parish registration from Hedesunda is diligent writing and there is more than 30.000 peoples registered. This treasure have been used to make books for genealogize who contain two parts of each 900 pages. The latest was printed in 1997.

Read more about Hedesunda history Hedesundas historia

Small villages of Hedesunda

Backa, Berg, Bodarna, Brunn, Brunnsheden, Byn, Bäck, Bälgsnäs, Böle, Dalkarlsbo, Främlingshem, Finnböle, Flösta
Flosta
Flosta is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in the Sørlandet region. The administrative center of Flosta was the village of Kilsund.-Name:...

, Gammelsäll, Gisselbo, Gräsbäcken, Gundbo, Hade
Hade
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, Hadeholm, Haget
Haget
Haget is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.-Population:...

, Hallsbo, Harv, Holmen, Ingevara, Jugansbo, Kessmansbo, Koffsta, Kulla, Kungsgården, Kågbo, Landa
Landa
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, Lurberg, Lurbo, Lövåsen, Mälbo
Malbo
Malbo is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.-Population:...

, Nordanbro, Norra Färjsundet, Oppåker, Rångsta, Rönäs, Sevallbo, Skallbo, Smedsäng, Sundby, Svarta
Svartå
Svartå is a locality situated in Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 592 inhabitants in 2005....

, Södra Färjsundet, Torsbo, Ullanda, Utomälven, Vall, Vibro, Vinnersjö, Västbyggeby, Ålbo
Albo
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, Ås, Ölbo
Ölbo
Ölbő is a village in Vas county, Hungary....

, Ön, Österbyggebo and Östveda.

Population age distribution

  • Total (year 1998) 2 843 people
  • Age distribution:
  • 0 – 6 years, 239
  • 7 –15 years, 365
  • 16 – 24 years, 248
  • 25 – 64 years, 1429
  • 65 – 74 years, 270
  • 75 years and elder, 297


85 % of the population lives in small houses.

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