Fagersta Municipality

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**Fagersta Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Location of Fagersta in Sweden's southern half Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Fagersta
	60° 00´ N 15° 49´ E
	County	Västmanland County
	Province	Västmanland
	Area Rank	271 km² 232nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,231 183rd of 290
	Density	45/km²

Fagersta is a municipality in central Sweden. It is situated in Västmanland, with its seat in Fagersta, a town with 11,000 inhabitants.

1 Geography
2 Politics & Government
3 History
4 Sights
5 Industry
6 Notable natives
7 External links

[edit] Geography

The city is located in the crossing between the two railways between Ludvika-Västerås and Avesta (Krylbo)-Örebro, in the heart of the historic Bergslagen region rich in copper and iron ore. There has been mining activity in the Fagersta area since the 15th century but it wasn't organized until the 17th century and wasn't made a corporation until 1873, when Fagersta Bruks AB was founded.

[edit] Politics & Government

Fagersta is also known as a municipality where the Swedish Left Party has a majority of seats in the council. The current mayor of Fagersta is Stig Henriksson, from the Left Party.

[edit] History

Fagersta received its Royal Charter and city privileges in 1944 when the industrial hot spot of Fagersta merged with its service oriented neighbour Västanfors.

[edit] Sights

Engelsberg Ironworks, is a UNESCO world heritage site

[edit] Industry

Today's industry is focused on hard metal tools (Seco Tools AB and Atlas Copco Secoroc AB) and stainless steel products (Fagersta Stainless AB and OUTOKUMPU Stainless Tubular Products AB).