Lögdeå

Lögdeå is a place ( tätort ) in the extreme south of the Swedish province of Västerbotten County, in the historical Ångermanland.

Location

Lögdeå belongs to the municipality Nordmaling. The village is located about 50 km as the crow southwest of the provincial capital of Umeå and five kilometers southwest of the capital of the municipality, Nordmaling the river Lögdeälven, about two miles above its mouth in the bay Nordmalingsfjärden Gulf of Bothnia of the Baltic Sea. Lögdeå after Nordmaling and situated on the coast near Lögdeå Rundvik is the third largest town of the community.

East leads between Lögdeå and Rundvik the European Route 4 over. Before the expansion in the 1980s, the road ran right through the town Lögdeå. Parallel to the E4 is the Botniabanan, a high-speed line was opened in 2010 to Umeå. At the height of Lögdeå there is a station for freight traffic from the planned from the port of the port Rundvik; The nearest passenger station is Nordmaling.

History and Sights

Lögdeå has been known since the 15th century. The place, the center of which lies south of the Lögdeälven, gradually grew with the village Mo together across the river.

On the farm Åbergsgården is a local history museum, the Museum Lögdeå. Above all, the place is, however, known for its riverside location Lögdeälven, considered ergiebieges area for fly fishing for salmon. Up the river introduces the E4 at Lögdeå incipient Trail ( Widnisweg, Swedish Vildmarksleden called ) with several overnight cabins towards Bjurholm. Another trail opens up a nature reserve located near with traces of the Ice Age, including potholes and washed out by melt water caves that Lidbergsgrotten at the nearby settlement Aspeå.