Hagfors | |
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 Aerial view of Hagfors in 2006 | |
  Hagfors | |
| Coordinates: 60°02′N 13°39′E / 60.033°N 13.650°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Värmland |
| County | Värmland County |
| Municipality | Hagfors Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,125 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Hagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,125 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location.
The town of Hagfors used to play host to the Swedish Rally, a car rally, every February, which provided a significant annual economic windfall for the region.
Hagfors was one of the last places in Sweden to receive the formal title of a city, when it was detached from Norra Råda in 1950. The designated coat of arms was a tribute to the furnaces. At that time the town had 6,501 inhabitants. Today it is the seat of the much larger Hagfors Municipality, but is not an administrative entity of its own.
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.