Degerfors | |
|---|---|
 Degerfors Church, Degernäs Manor, Stora Valla and the Degerfors Works | |
  Degerfors  Degerfors | |
| Coordinates: 59°14′10″N 14°25′47″E / 59.23611°N 14.42972°E | |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Province | Värmland |
| County | Örebro County |
| Municipality | Degerfors Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 7,160 |
| • Density | 1,003/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Degerfors (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈdêːɡɛrˌfɔʂ] )[2] is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010.[1] Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the southern shore of lake Möckeln, 13 km (8 mi) south of neighboring Karlskoga.
Degerfors evolved around the ironworks, that is nowadays owned by the Finnish conglomerate Outokumpu Oyj. It is also home to the football club Degerfors IF, which is playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 7.