Högvålen
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Högvålen is a former village near Tännäs
in the Härjedalen
province of Sweden
. At 835 metres (2738 feet) above sea level, it is Sweden's highest continuously inhabited village. It have lived around 100 persons there at most, now only a few persons lives there. Högvålen is surrounded by mountains and big mires. According to Swedish statistics it is not a village/locality (requires at least 200 people) nor a minor village/locality (requires at least 50 people)http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0811/2005A01/tabell12005.xls.
Tännäs
Tännäs is a church village and parish in Härjedalen, Sweden with a population of 114....
in the Härjedalen
Härjedalen
' is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. It borders the country of Norway as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad, and Jämtland...
province of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. At 835 metres (2738 feet) above sea level, it is Sweden's highest continuously inhabited village. It have lived around 100 persons there at most, now only a few persons lives there. Högvålen is surrounded by mountains and big mires. According to Swedish statistics it is not a village/locality (requires at least 200 people) nor a minor village/locality (requires at least 50 people)http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0811/2005A01/tabell12005.xls.