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Väsman
Lake Väsman () is a lake in Ludvika Municipality in Dalarna County of Sweden, in the Norrström main basin. Description Lake Väsman is deep, has an area of and is above sea level. It is about long in a southeasterly direction, with a width of . In the past, there was steamboat traffic on the lake. There is a major iron ore deposit below the lake, estimated at 640 million tonnes. In 2011 the Nordic Iron Ore company said it would try to start mining. Basin Lake Väsman is included in the sub-basin called the outlet of Väsman. The average altitude is above sea level and the area is . Including the 53 catchment areas upstream, the accumulated area of the lake's basin is . Kolbäcksån, which drains the catchment, collects water from three rivers before reaching the sea after . The catchment area consists mostly of forest (56%). Gallery File:Väsman Kaffeholmen 2013.jpg, Väsman at Sörvik with Kaffeholmen island File:Lekombergs gruva Hoppets båt 2013.jpg, View from Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sörvik
Sörvik is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 743 inhabitants in 2010. It is on the east shore of Lake Väsman A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t .... Gallery File:Väsman Kaffeholmen 2013.jpg, Lake Väsman at Sörvik with Kaffeholmen island File:Sörvik 2013.jpg, Sörvik from the south File:Järnvägsstation Sörvik.jpg, Sörviks station in 1914 References Populated places in Ludvika Municipality {{Dalarna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvika
Ludvika () is a bimunicipal Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County within the country of Sweden, with 14,498 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The conurbation of Ludvika extends over the border of Smedjebacken Municipality, where about 400 inhabitants live. Ludvika is situated by Lake Väsman in the south-east part of the municipality. Population of Ludvika as of 2005 distributed by municipalities: Economy A major employer in Ludvika is the power engineering conglomerate Hitachi, whose activities in the town include power transformers, capacitors, ac breakers and equipment for high-voltage direct current power transmission. Notable natives * Stefan Anderson * Dan Andersson * Hypocrisy (band) * Anders Ilar * Mats Kihlström * Christina Lampe-Önnerud * Kee Marcello * Charlie Norman * Birgit Ridderstedt * Jari Sillanpää * Fredrik Söderström * Anders Wendin * Anders Winroth Sports The following sports clubs are located in Ludvika: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbäcksån
Kolbäcksån is a river located in Bergslagen in the middle of Sweden. It is about 180 kilometres long, arises in the province Dalarna and flows through the province of Västmanland into the Mälaren. The river drains an area of approximately 3,100 km2 and has an average discharge of 27 m3/s. The city of Fagersta lies on the river and the Strömsholm Canal The Strömsholm Canal () runs from Smedjebacken Smedjebacken is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situat ... follows the river about 100 kilometres. References Rivers of Västmanland County Norrström basin Rivers of Dalarna County {{Sweden-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalarna County
Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to the west. It was formerly known as ''Kopparberg County'' () until the name was changed to that of the provincial region on 1 January 1997. The province of Dalarna is slightly larger than the county, as the westernmost part of Ljusdal Municipality belongs to it. Prince Gabriel, the son of Prince Carl Philip, is Duke of Dalarna. The term Dalarna County is mainly used for administrative purposes; it is further divided into municipalities (kommuner). Dalarna County encompasses nearly all of the cultural and historical province of Dalarna (literally, "the valleys"). For the most part sparsely populated and with extensive tracts of wilderness, Dalarna County is almost as large as Belgium in terms of land area. History In older times, Dal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika. In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipalities of Grangärde and Säfsnäs, forming the present entity. Localities Figures as of 2004. #Ludvika 13,724 #Grängesberg 3,356 #Sunnansjö 758 #Saxdalen 752 #Fredriksberg, Sweden, Fredriksberg 741 #Nyhammar 682 #Sörvik 540 #Blötberget 529 #Persbo/Gräsberg 459 #Gonäs 432 #Landforsen/Håksberg 438 #Grangärde 374 * Other/countryside 2,967 Economy These were the largest employers in Ludvika in 2005: # Hitachi, Hitachi ABB Power Grids 2,400 # County medical facilities 600 # Spendrups brewery 285 # VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220 # RSV Tax Office 110 # Samhall-gruppen 80 # GIA Industri AB 75 # Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75 # Connex Sverige AB 70 # Seco Tools AB 70 # ISS Cleaning 60 Demographics This is a demograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
