Billingsfors

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Billingsfors
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Billingsfors
Billingsfors
Localization of Västra Götaland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Dalsland
Municipality  : Bengtsfors
Coordinates : 58 ° 59 ′  N , 12 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 59 ′  N , 12 ° 15 ′  E
SCB code : 4728
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 1108 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 1.6 km²
Population density : 693 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County

Billingsfors is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of County of Västra Götaland and the historical province of Dalsland . He belongs to the municipality of Bengtsfors .

The place is on the western shore of the lake Laxsjön about five kilometers south of the main town of the municipality. The roads länsveg 164 and 172 run through the village. Billingsfors is on the Mellerud – Arvika railway line . Today the route is used as a tourist attraction, as a historic railcar runs between Mellerud and Bengtsfors in the summer months.

A sad celebrity is the Billingsfors IK football club , which is last in the Allsvenskan all-time table .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)