Avesta (Municipality)

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Avesta municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Avesta Location of the municipality of Avesta
coat of arms Location in Dalarna County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Dalarna County
Historical Province (landskap): Dalarna
Main place: Avesta
SCB code: 2084
Residents : 23,178 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 669 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 34.6 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.avesta.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 60 ° 9 ′  N , 16 ° 12 ′  E Avesta is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the east of the Swedish province of Dalarna County and the historical province of Dalarna . The main town of the municipality is Avesta .

Avesta borders the municipalities of Hedemora , Hofors , Sandviken , Norberg and Sala .

places

These places are larger localities ( tatorter ):

economy

Going back to the long history of steel, the AvestaPolarit smelter has existed since January 2001 as part of the Finnish materials company Outokumpu .

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Avesta  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
  3. ↑ Outokumpu Stainless AB