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Reftele

Reftele is a locality situated in Gislaved Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,282 inhabitants in 2010. Here lived Johan Svensson who died in the sinking of Titanic aged 75 and his son Amandus Ekström aged 45.

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Reftele
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Location within Jönköping
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Location within Sweden
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Coordinates: 57°11′N 13°35′E / 57.183°N 13.583°E / 57.183; 13.583
CountrySweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountyJönköping County
MunicipalityGislaved Municipality
Area
1
 • Total
1.60 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)1
 • Total
1,282
 • Density802/km2 (2,080/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateCfb

Reftele (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɛ̂fːtɛlɛ])2 is a locality situated in Gislaved Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,282 inhabitants in 2010.1 Here lived Johan Svensson who died in the sinking of Titanic aged 75 and his son Amandus Ekström aged 45.

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  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 20.