Garpenberg is a

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situated in

Hedemora Municipality Hedemora Municipality (''Hedemora kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora. In 1966 the ''City of Hedemora'' was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with ''Husby ...

Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) 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 He ...

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with 518 inhabitants in 2010. ''Hedemora and Garpenberg Court District'', or ''Hedemora och Garpenbergs tingslag'', was a district of Dalarna in

. The court district ('' tingslag'') served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (''härad''). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called ''Dala hundare''.

Mine

Mining in Garpenberg dates back to the 13th century, when the main mineral to be mined was

iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in ...

. There are still active mining operations in Garpenberg today which produce

zinc Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed. It is the first element in group 12 (IIB) of the periodi ...

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cut, ...

and

silver Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical ...

Culture

The International Random Film Festival was hosted in Garpenberg in December 2013.

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Populated places in Dalarna County Populated places in Hedemora Municipality {{Dalarna-geo-stub