Degerfors Municipality (''Degerfors kommun'') is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Örebro County
Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly n ...
in central
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the town of
Degerfors
Degerfors () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the southern shore of lake Mö ...
.
The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of
Karlskoga Municipality
Karlskoga Municipality (''Karlskoga kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.
Karlsk ...
, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a
market town
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(''
köping
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'') in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.
Riksdag
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elections
Twin towns
Degerfors two
twin towns
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with the year of its establishing:
#(1985)
Oedheim
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,
Germany
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#(1990)
Ventspils District
The Ventspils District ( lv, Ventspils rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in the Courland region, in the country's west.
The district consisted of eleven parishes and one rural territory.
Districts were eliminated during ...
,
Latvia
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See also
*
Vindeln Municipality,
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bot ...
, which up until 1969 had the same name.
References
External links
Degerfors Municipality- Official site
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Municipalities of Örebro County