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Mellansel

Coordinates: 63°26′N 18°19′E / 63.433°N 18.317°E / 63.433; 18.317
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Mellansel
Mellansel Railway Station
Mellansel Railway Station
Mellansel is located in Västernorrland
Mellansel
Mellansel
Mellansel is located in Sweden
Mellansel
Mellansel
Mellansel is located in European Union
Mellansel
Mellansel
Coordinates: 63°26′N 18°19′E / 63.433°N 18.317°E / 63.433; 18.317
Federation European Union
State Sweden
CountyVästernorrland County
MunicipalityÖrnsköldsvik Municipality
Area
 • Total2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2018)[1]
 • Total782
 • Density335/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Mellansel (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmɛ̂lːanˌseːl])[2] is a locality situated in Örnsköldsvik Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 827 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

History

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Mellansel was first discovered by humans in 300 BC however Mellansel did not become a permanent settlement until the middle ages. Mellansel was first mentioned in books in the year 1523.[3]

Transportation

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Mellansel became a railway junction when the railway line from Mellansel to Örnsköldsvik was opened to traffic on 1 November 1892. Since the night train traffic has been transferred to the Bothnia Line, no passenger trains have been running through Mellansel station since 2012.

Mellansel Airport (ICAO-code ESUI) is located 4 kilometers south of Mellansel. It opened on 1 July 1973 and no commercial flights operate of it as of 2020.

Industry

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The largest industry in Mellansel is Bosch Rexroth AB, which manufactures hydraulic drive systems.

Society

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There is a college and an outdoor swimming pool in the area. Some of the buildings on the college campus were named after Mellansel's cultural history.

Population

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In recent years, Mellansel has become a Population declining area (Swedish: Avfolkningsbygd).

Historical population in 5-year intervals, 1960–Present
YearPop.±%
1960745—    
1965716−3.9%
19701,323+84.8%
19751,328+0.4%
19801,353+1.9%
19901,178−12.9%
19951,038−11.9%
2000900−13.3%
2005823−8.6%
2010827+0.5%
2015825−0.2%
2018782−5.2%
source[4] —    
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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 17.
  3. ^ "Mellansels folkhögskola | Norrländsk natur + studiero = förutsättningar för goda studieresultat och trivsel!" (in Swedish). Mellansel College. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Landareal per tätort, folkmängd och invånare per kvadratkilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2016". Statistiska centralbyrån. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.