Falun Municipality

Falu kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Dalarna County
Seat Falun
Area[1]
 • Total 2,275.17 km2 (878.45 sq mi)
 • Land 2,040.13 km2 (787.70 sq mi)
 • Water 235.04 km2 (90.75 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (December 31, 2014)[2]
 • Total 56,896
 • Density 25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Dalarna
Municipal code 2080
Website www.falun.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Falun Municipality (Falu kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun. Falun is the second biggest city and provincial capital of Dalarna County. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine.

The present municipality was formed at the time of the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Falun and six surrounding rural municipalities were amalgamated.

Localities

Local politics

The Falu Party is a party with local interests.

Sister cities

The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:

Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved March 2015.

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Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E / 60.600°N 15.633°E