Hedemora Municipality

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Hedemora)

This page deals with both Hedemora Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Hedemora

**Hedemora Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Hedemora Municipality Image:Hedemora kommun.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Hedemora
	{{{locationReadable}}}
	County	Dalarna County
	Province	Dalarna
	Area Rank	840 km² 122nd of 290
	Population Rank (2003)	15,506 141st of 290
	Density	18.5/km²

Hedemora is a Municipality in the Dalarna (Dalecarlia) province, in central Sweden. Its seat is in Hedemora, with about 7,300 inhabitants.

1 History
2 Sister cities
3 Municipal towns
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The town Hedemora was chartered in 1446, which means it is the oldest and only medival town in Dalecarlia. The centre of Hedemora consists of many old buildings, often built of wood.

Image:Suecia Hedemora.jpg

[edit] Sister cities

Hedemora has five sister cities:

[edit] Municipal towns

Alphabetical:

Backa , Brattfors , Garpenberg , Garpenbergs gård , Grådö , Hedemora , Husby , Ingvallsbenning-Lerbo , Jälkarbyn , Kloster , Långshyttan , Nordansjö , Norn , Nygården , Olshyttan , Rörshyttan , Stjärnsund , Turbo , Vikmanshyttan , Västerby and Västkusten.