Fagersta is a locality and the seat of Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County , Sweden , with 11,130 inhabitants in 2010.
4-448: The city is located at the junction of two railways between Ludvika - Västerås and Avesta (Krylbo)- Örebro , in the heart of the historic Bergslagen region which is rich in copper and iron ore. The 60th parallel north passes through the town. There has been mining activity in the Fagersta area since the 15th century but it was not organized until the 17th century and was not made
8-597: A corporation until 1873, when Fagersta Bruks AB was founded. Fagersta was made a city in 1944 when the industrial hot spot of Fagersta merged with its service-oriented neighbour Västanfors . It is now the seat of Fagersta Municipality. The Fagersta airspace surveillance tower is a Second World War observation platform located to protect a nearby steel mill. 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 ). This article about
12-518: A location in Västmanland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ludvika Ludvika ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlɵ̂dːˌviːka] ) is a bimunicipal city and the seat of Ludvika Municipality , Dalarna County within the country of Sweden , with 14,498 inhabitants in 2010. The conurbation of Ludvika extends over the border of Smedjebacken Municipality , where about 400 inhabitants live. Ludvika
16-555: Is situated by Lake Väsman in the south-east part of the municipality. Population of Ludvika as of 2005 distributed by municipalities: 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. The following sports clubs are located in Ludvika: This article about
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