Ljusdal 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 the seat of Ljusdal Municipality

Ljusdal Municipality

Ljusdal Municipality is one of Sweden's 290 Municipalities within Gävleborg County. Its seat is Ljusdal.The municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the market town of Ljusdal with the rural municipalities Järvsö, Färila, Los and Ramsjö.- Geography :Geographically the town is...

, 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 6,100 inhabitants in 2005.

Ljusdal is located beside the river Ljusnan which goes from Bruksvallarna to Ljusne

Ljusne

Ljusne is a locality situated in Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 2,155 inhabitants in 2005....

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Ljusdal is famous for have been hosting the annual Bandy World Cup

Bandy World Cup

The Bandy World Cup is held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden. 2009 and 2010 it will be played indoors in Sandviken until Ljusdal get their indoor arena...

 in the sport of bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

from 1974 to 2008. Eventually Ljusdal will once again be hosting the cup from 2011 and onwards when they have their new indoor arena.