Borlänge (municipality)

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Borlänge municipality
Coat of arms of the Borlänge municipality Location of Borlänge municipality
coat of arms Location in Dalarna County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Dalarna County
Historical Province (landskap): Dalarna
Main place: Bor length
SCB code: 2081
Residents : 52,590 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 635.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 82.7 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.borlange.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 60 ° 29 ′  N , 15 ° 26 ′  E

Borlänge is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Dalarnas län and the historic province of Dalarna . The main town of the municipality is Borlänge .

places

The Borlänge community consists of several small towns (tatorter) . Only Borlänge and the towns of Romme , Ornäs and Torsång have significant population figures .

Locality Residents
Bor length 42,839
Halvarsgårdarna 314
Idkerberget 243
Norr Amsberg 239
Ornas 1,085
Repbäcken 236
rummy 1,695
Torsång 740

Attractions

The Frostbrunnsdalen valley is said to have been a place for worshiping pagan gods until Sweden was Christianized . The central square was the Frökällan spring (spring of the god Freyr ), which is now buried.

The community has many narrow paths that are very popular with motorcyclists. During the tours, the drivers usually take a break in the village of Torsång , where a special variant of Swedish bread and butter ( smörgås ) is offered.

In the cottage Örnässtugan has Gustav Vasa hidden from the Danish pursuers. When they found him, he is said to have fled through the opening of the latrine. There are guided tours of the house.

Partnerships

Borlänge has three Nordic partnerships

and has entered into partnerships with other communities;

Sons of the city

Web links

Commons : Borlänge municipality  - 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)