Country Sweden Seat Degerfors ISO 3166 code SE Provinces Värmland, Närke | County Örebro County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 1862 | |
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Degerfors Municipality (Degerfors kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.
The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which it was detached to form a new entity. It became a market town (köping) in 1943. In 1967 it was amalgamated with a part of the dissolved Svartå Municipality.
Twin towns
Degerfors two twin towns with the year of its establishing:
- (1985) Oedheim, Germany
- (1990) Ventspils District, Latvia
References
Degerfors Municipality Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA