Skinnskatteberg (Municipality)

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Skinnskatteberg municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Skinnskatteberg Location of the municipality of Skinnskatteberg
coat of arms Location in Västmanland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västmanland County
Historical Province (landskap): Vastmanland
Main place: Skinnskatteberg
SCB code: 1904
Residents : 4393 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 718.2 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 6.1 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.skinnskatteberg.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 50 '  N , 15 ° 42'  O Skinnskatteberg is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Västmanlands Lan and the historical province Västmanland . The main town of the municipality is Skinnskatteberg .

geography

There are many lakes and bodies of water in the municipality, together exactly 244, which make up about eight percent of the area of ​​the municipality.

history

The Harde Skinnskatteberg, which still coincides with the municipal boundary today, was included in the historical province of Dalarna in the Middle Ages . With the provincial reforms by Axel Oxenstierna , it was added to Västmanland County and has since been considered part of the historic province of Västmanland .

places

These two places are localities ( tatorter ):

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)

Web links

Commons : Skinnskatteberg municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files