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{{distinguish|text=[[Avesta (locality)|Avesta]] in Dalarna County, Sweden}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Alvesta
|image_skyline          = Alvesta central station.jpg
|image_caption          = [[Alvesta Station|Alvesta railway station]]<br />(''{{lang|sv|Alvesta järnvägsstation}}'')
|image_shield           = 
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Kronoberg#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Alvesta Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Kronoberg County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Småland]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 6.10
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 8,017 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 1535
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|56|54|N|14|33|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}

'''Alvesta''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈâlːvɛsta|lang|sv-Alvesta.ogg}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0008.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=4}}</ref> is a [[urban areas of Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Alvesta Municipality]] in [[Kronoberg County]], [[Sweden]], with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.<ref name=scb />

Alvesta is an important [[Alvesta Station|railway junction]], joining the [[Stockholm]]&ndash;[[Malmö]]&ndash;[[Copenhagen]] railway with the [[Gothenburg]]&ndash;[[Kalmar]]/[[Karlskrona]] railway.

== References ==
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{{Localities in Alvesta Municipality}}
{{Kronoberg County}}

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[[Category:Municipal seats of Kronoberg County]]
[[Category:Swedish municipal seats]]
[[Category:Populated places in Alvesta Municipality]]
[[Category:Populated lakeshore places in Sweden]]
[[Category:Värend]]

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[[fi:Alvestan kunta]]