Ludvika Municipality
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- This page deals with both Ludvika Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Ludvika
| Image:Ludvika kommun.png Ludvika Municipality and Ludvika in Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden | Coat of arms Image:Sin escudo.svg | |
| Municipal facts | ||
| Seat | Ludvika | |
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| County | Dalarna County | |
| Province | Dalarna | |
Area
| 1,498 km² 63rd of 290 | |
Population
| 27,782 x of 290 | |
| Density | 17/km² | |
Ludvika Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Dalarna County, in central Sweden. Seat in the town Ludvika with 14,400 inhabitants.
Ludvika is situated by a small lake called Väsman, in the south-east part of the municipality. A small part of Ludvika urban area extends into Smedjebacken Municipality.
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[edit] Distances to other cities
- From Stockholm to Ludvika it is: 234 km.
- From Gothenburg to Ludvika it is: 400 km.
- From London to Ludvika it is: 1975 km.
[edit] Municipal towns
Figures as of 2004.
- Ludvika 13,724
- Grängesberg 3,356
- Sunnansjö 758
- Saxdalen 752
- Fredriksberg 741
- Nyhammar 682
- Sörvik 540
- Blötberget 529
- Persbo/Gräsberg 459
- Gonäs 432
- Landforsen/Håksberg 438
- Grangärde 374
- Other/Countryside 2,967
(source: [1])
[edit] Largest employers
- ABB Group 2,400
- County medical facilities 600
- Spendrups brewery 285
- VBU Västerbergslagens Utbildningscentrum 220
- RSV Tax Office 110
- Samhall-gruppen 80
- GIA Industri AB 75
- Brunnsviks folkhögskola 75
- Connex Sverige AB 70
- Seco Tools AB 70
- ISS Cleaning 60
(Source [2])
[edit] Sister cities
Three sister cities -- two in Finland: Imatra and Kontiolahti, and one in Germanu: Bad Honnef.
[edit] Sports
Many sportteams have their origins in Ludvika Municipality. Soccer is one of them, both the teams "Östansbo IS" (or ÖIS) and "Ludvika FK" (or LFK) come from Ludvika and play in divisions 4 and 3. Both of them also have junior teams, for younger people. And there is also one ice-hockey team, Ludvika IshockeyFörening (or LIF). Other teams include ping-pong-teams as well as other sports.
[edit] External links
- Ludvika - Official site
| Dalarna County |
| Avesta | Borlänge | Falun | Gagnef | Hedemora | Leksand | Ludvika | Malung | Mora | Orsa | Rättvik | Smedjebacken | Säter | Vansbro | Älvdalen |
| Counties of Sweden | Sweden |

