locality
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and the seat of
Laxå Municipality
Laxå Municipality () is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Laxå.
In 1967 the market town (''köping'') of Laxå (instituted in 1946) was merged with two adjacent rural municipalities. One of ...
in
Örebro County
Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of ...
, Sweden with 3,064 inhabitants in 2010.
History
The town was founded in the mid-19th century when the main line railway between
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
and
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
(
Västra Stambanan
The Western Main Line () is the main state-owned railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden. Its construction began in 1856 and it opened for service in 1862.