Fagersta Municipality
Fagersta kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Fagersta Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°00′N 15°49′E / 60.000°N 15.817°E / 60.000; 15.817
CountrySweden
CountyVästmanland County
SeatFagersta
Area
[1]
 • Total310.41 km2 (119.85 sq mi)
 • Land269.04 km2 (103.88 sq mi)
 • Water41.37 km2 (15.97 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total13,319
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästmanland
Municipal code1982
Websitewww.fagersta.se

Fagersta Municipality (Fagersta kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Fagersta.

The City of Fagersta (instituted in 1944) was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish (which had been part of Surahammar Municipality since 1963). In 1971 it was transformed into a municipality of unitary type.

Localities

The municipal seat, Fagersta, is the only locality within the municipality with more than 200 inhabitants.

Another locality of note is Ängelsberg, a village located on Åmänningen Lake.

Politics of Fagersta

Fagersta is historically a left wing stronghold, with mostly a social democratic majority running the town, a trend only broken with a further left majority between 1998–2014. However, a rapid shift saw the right-leaning coalition narrowly win the 2022 Swedish general election vote in the municipality.[3] The local elections still saw the Social Democratic-Left Party combination winning a combined majority of seats.[4]

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Fagersta Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 13,284 residents, including 9,607 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 49.0 % voted for the left coalition and 49.9 % for the right coalition.

Sights

Engelsberg Ironworks, in Ängelsberg, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Valresultat 2022 för Fagersta i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Valresultat 2022 för Fagersta i kommunalvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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