Degerfors
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| Degerfors | |
  Degerfors
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Degerfors Municipality |
| County | Örebro County |
| Province | Värmland |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 7.06 km² (2.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 7,418 |
| - Density | 1,051/km² (2,722.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Degerfors is an industrial town (pop. 8,000) in west central Sweden and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County.
Degerfors has traditionally ben an industrial community closely connected to the large ironworks. The settlement (originally called Johannelund) grew up around this industry and got the status of a municipalsamhälle (a type of borough within a municipality) in 1912. Today it acts as seat of the larger Degerfors Municipality.
Nationally, the name Degerfors is best known in the form of the football (soccer) team Degerfors IF, that the small size of Degerfors has always had a strong local support, and played a total of 29 years in the highest division Allsvenskan in the 20th century (they were however degraded in 1997 and are currently playing in the second division).
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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