Säter Municipality (''Säters kommun'') is one of the 290 municipalities of Sweden in

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 Hed ...

in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of

Säter Säter is a locality and the seat of Säter Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 11,161 inhabitants in 2020. Säter is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a ''city''. Statistics Sweden, howe ...

. The present municipality was created in 1971 with the amalgamation of the former ''City of Säter'' and two neighbouring municipalities.

Geography

Säter is known for the Säter Valley. It is about 5 kilometers long and has a dense vegetation and steeps. On its bottom the Ljuster stream flows. The valley is popular for walking.

Localities

Population centers in Säter Municipality: * Mora * Naglarby och Enbacka *

(seat) * Skedvi kyrkby *

Solvarbo Solvarbo () is a locality situated in Säter Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of Sw ...

Riksdag elections

Sights

The Old Church of Stora Skedvi is one of Dalarna's oldest, with its oldest parts from the 13th century. There are several remains from the province's mining history, such as the ''Östra Silvberg's Mining Area'' with a silver mining history traced to the 1480s with an adjacent cemetery and chapel. It was closed in the 19th century and the mine itself is today a water filled hole. ''Bispbergs gruva'' was used for mining iron for over 600 years, until it was closed in 1967.

References

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article ''Säter''
from Nordisk Familjebok (1919).

External links

Säter
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Sater Municipality Municipalities of Dalarna County