Fagersta Municipality () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Västmanland County in central

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. Its seat is located in the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

of Fagersta. The ''City of Fagersta'' (instituted in 1944) was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish (which had been part of Surahammar Municipality since 1963). In 1971 it was transformed into a

of unitary type.

Localities

The municipal seat, Fagersta, is the only locality within the municipality with more than 200 inhabitants. Another locality of note is Ängelsberg, a village located on Åmänningen Lake.

Politics of Fagersta

Fagersta is historically a left wing stronghold, with mostly a social democratic majority running the town, a trend only broken with a further left majority between 1998 and 2014. However, a rapid shift saw the right-leaning coalition narrowly win the

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vote in the municipality. The local elections still saw the Social Democratic-Left Party combination winning a combined majority of seats.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Fagersta Municipality's electoral districts in the

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 13,284 residents, including 9,607 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sights

Engelsberg Ironworks, in Ängelsberg, is a

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Notable people

* Anitra Steen, manager of Systembolaget, former civil servant * Lennart Hellsing, writer * Ulf Samuelsson, ice hockey player * Tomas Sandström, ice hockey player * The Hives, rock band

Sister Cities

* Choibalsan, Mongolia * Pehčevo, North Macedonia

References

External links

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Fagersta Municipality
– Official site {{Authority control Municipalities of Västmanland County