Degerfors Municipality

Degerfors Municipality
Degerfors kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Örebro County
Seat Degerfors
Area[1]
 • Total 436.15 km2 (168.4 sq mi)
 • Land 385.62 km2 (148.9 sq mi)
 • Water 50.53 km2 (19.5 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 9,677
 • Density 22.2/km2 (57.5/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Värmland and Närke
Municipal code 1862
Website www.degerfors.se

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.

Contents

Twin towns

Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1985) Oedheim, Germany
  2. (1990) Ventspils District, Latvia

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

External links

Municipalities
Municipal seats
Localities in Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden
Localities:
Åtorp  · Degerfors (seat)  · Svartå