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Falun
Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitants. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine, and is today an important service and industrial city even though the mine is closed (since 1992). Faluån is a river, flowing through the city, separating it into two sides. Falu copper mine is located on one of the sides which during many centuries was one of Sweden's main business. This side of the river was usually called "the mining side", where not many plants grew due to the toxic smoke which contaminated the soil. On the other side of the river, where the smoke did not reach, set many large villas, which made this side to be called "the delightful side". The centre of Falun consists of classical pedestrian streets with small shops. In 1998, the city reclaimed the award of "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falun Municipality
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 *Bengtsheden * Bjursås * Danholn *Grycksbo *Falun (seat) *Linghed *Sundborn * Svärdsjö *Sågmyra *Toftbyn * Vika Riksdag elections Local politics The Falu Party is a party with local interests. Sister cities The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun: * Hamina, Finland * Grudziądz, Poland * Gütersloh, Germany * Vordingborg, Denmark Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty: * Kimberley, South Africa * Pskov, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
