Degerfors Municipality
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| Degerfors kommun | |
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| County | Örebro County |
| Province | Värmland and Närke |
| Seat | Degerfors |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
204th of 290 436.15 km² 385.62 km² |
| Population • Total |
220th of 290 9,903 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
148th of 290 25.7 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.degerfors.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007 | |
Degerfors Municipality (Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.
The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.
[edit] Twin towns
Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:
- (1985) Oedheim, Germany
- (1990) Ventspils District, Latvia
[edit] See also
- Vindeln Municipality, Västerbotten County, which up until 1969 had the same name
[edit] External link
- Degerfors Municipality - Official site
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