Malung Municipality
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- This page deals with both Malung Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Malung
| Malung Municipality and Malung Image:Malung kommun.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden | Coat of arms Image:Sin escudo.png | |
| Municipal facts | ||
| Seat | Malung | |
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| County | Dalarna County | |
| Province | Dalarna | |
Area
| 4,105 km² 23rd of 290 | |
Population
| 10,557 205th of 290 | |
| Density | 2.5/km² | |
Malung Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the town Malung with 6,000 inhabitants.
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[edit] Geography
The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest. The Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost mountains in Sweden, marking the start of the Scandinavian mountain range. Rocks are mostly metamorphic and sedimentary, with occurrences of basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of Västerdalälven.
[edit] Municipal towns
The municipal population was around 13,000 in the 1960s, but has decreased continually since then.
The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 1993, are:
- Lima, Sweden (700)
- Limedsforsen (920)
- Malung (municipal centre) (6,230)
- Malungsfors (740)
- Sälen (530) - Is a nationally renowned skiing resort.
- Transtrand (530)
- Yttermalung (740)
- Öje (290)
[edit] Education
Malung has a Folk high school, specialized in folk music and folk dance. One notable former music student is Emma Härdelin.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Malung - Official site
- Statistics (in Swedish)
- Malungs Folkhögskola
- Jonell-Ericsson, Britta (1987). Skinnare i Malung.
| Dalarna County |
| Avesta | Borlänge | Falun | Gagnef | Hedemora | Leksand | Ludvika | Malung | Mora | Orsa | Rättvik | Smedjebacken | Säter | Vansbro | Älvdalen |
| Counties of Sweden | Sweden |
