Tallåsen 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...

 situated in 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

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, Sweden

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 with 608 inhabitants in 2005. It lies about 5 km northwest of Ljusdal. The village is mainly a bedroom community; most inhabitants commute to Ljusdal

Ljusdal

Ljusdal is a locality and the seat of Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,100 inhabitants in 2005.Ljusdal is located beside the river Ljusnan which goes from Bruksvallarna to Ljusne....

. The Sillerboån

Sillerboån

Sillerboån is stream in Ljusdal Municipality, Hälsingland, Gävleborgs län, Sweden that is about 80 kilometers long....

stream flows through the village.

Tallåsen used to have a train station, and was one of many Swedish places that blossomed because the railroad was built through it at the end of the 19th century.

Year	Inhabitants
2000	621
2003	806
2004	807