{{distinguish|text=Avesta in Dalarna County, Sweden}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Alvesta |image_skyline = Alvesta central station.jpg |image_caption = 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 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Alvesta Municipality |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Kronoberg County |subdivision_type1 = 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 = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = 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 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 railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway with the Gothenburg–Kalmar/Karlskrona railway.
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{{Localities in Alvesta Municipality}} {{Kronoberg County}}
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