Sorsele

Sorsele (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsɔ̌ʂːɛlɛ] (listen);[2] Southern Sami: Suarsa; Ume Sami: Suorssá) is a locality and the seat of Sorsele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 1,277 inhabitants in 2010.[1] Sorsele is also the nearest town to the ski resort Nalovardo. It is known for containing a portion of the Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve, one of the largest nature reserves in Sweden.

Sorsele
Sorsele Church in August 2008
Sorsele Sorsele
Coordinates: 65°32′N 17°32′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Lapland
County	Västerbotten County
Municipality	Sorsele Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.82 km^2 (0.70 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	1,277
• Density	701/km^2 (1,820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Mercedes-Benz operate winter driving events on a series of Hermann Tilke-designed snow/ice courses in the area.[3][4]

Twin towns

• Kyyjärvi, Finland[5]

References

1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 22.
3. "Advanced Experience Sweden". mercedes-benz.com. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
4. "Mercedes-Benz Driving Events Sorsele, Sweden". www.tilke.de. Tilke Engineers & Architects. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
5. "Ystäväkuntalista" (PDF) (in Finnish). Pohjola-Norden. Retrieved 7 May 2012.