Torvalla is a city district (Swedish: stadsdel) in southern

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, about six kilometres from the city core. The district has a population of around 8000. Torvalla is divided into 3 smaller areas: Fjällmon or Nedre Torvalla (Lower Torvalla), Skogsmon or Övre Torvalla (Upper Torvalla) and Ängsmon or Bortre Torvalla (Farther Torvalla). There is also an industrial area on the other side of the highway ( E14) called Verksmon. just south of Fjällmon lies Torvalla by (Torvalla village) which also counts to the district. Torvalla is a relatively young district that began to develop under the

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, however, there were inhabitants in the area before it became a district of Östersund. There are currently four schools in Torvalla: * Class 1-5: Fjällängsskolan, Mimergården and Ångsmogården (One in each sub-district) * Class 6-9: Torvallaskolan (In Skogsmon close to Torvalla Centrum) In Torvalla Centrum there is a grocery store (

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), health clinich, hairdresser, ATM, pizzeria, clothing store and church. There are also a small library and a Thai takeaway just a few minutes walking distance from the centrum. There are two churches in the district, Heliga Ljusets Kyrka (The Holy Light's Church) and Ängsmokyrkan in Skogsmon and Ängsmon respectively. Östersund's city buses number 4, 6 and 14 all go to Torvalla.

Gallery

Torvalla centrum.jpg, Torvalla Centrum E14 torvalla.jpg, E14, Torvalla to the right

References

{{authority control Östersund Populated places in Östersund Municipality 1980s establishments in Sweden