Area 57 ha Population 209 (31 Dec 2005) | Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Saturday 10:33 PM | |
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Municipality Herrljunga Municipalityand Vara Municipality Weather 0°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 82% Humidity | ||
Fåglavik is a bimunicipal village situated in Herrljunga Municipality and Vara Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 209 inhabitants in 2005, increasing to 5043 in 2010.
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Was born here the Blessed Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad, (June 4, 1870 – April 24, 1957), nurse, catholic nun and re-founder of the Bridgettines. An artist Jan Van Den Bergen used to live the house where she was born. Jan was an artist who was a Fantastic Realist, he died some time after 2008 of cancer. He was known for painting fantasy scenes.
The village used to have a glass factory, the glass factory was a brick building which was contaminated with asbestos, during 2008 the building was demolished and site conditioned to reduce the spread of contamination into the environment.