Official Name: | Bjurholm |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Bjurholm Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Västerbotten County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ångermanland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.72 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2010 |
Population Total: | 968 |
Population Density Km2: | 564 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 63.9303°N 19.2136°W |
Bjurholm is a locality and seat of Bjurholm Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 968 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second smallest municipal seat in Sweden (Österbymo is smaller) and the seat of the second to least populated municipality in the country.[2] A tourist attraction in the region is Älgens Hus (The Elk house). There is a tame elk and education about elks.[3]
There had been an earlier simple wooden church built at the start of the nineteenth century. The existing church is higher than the main town and it dates from 1932 when the second church, that had been built in 1875, burnt down. The existing church includes a chandelier from the older church and its more recent bells included some alloy from the bells lost to the fire.[4]