Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Färgelanda Municipality

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
Seat
  
ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Province
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
1439

Färgelanda Municipality httpswwwfargelandaseContentImagesnewstease

Färgelanda Municipality (Färgelanda kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Färgelanda.

Contents

Map of F%C3%A4rgelanda, Sweden

The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg) was amalgamated with Högsäter.

Its coat of arms are based on a medieval seal depicting a harrow. It symbolizes agriculture.

Localities

  • Färgelanda 2,000 (seat)
  • Högsäter 750
  • Ödeborg 700
  • Stigen 350
  • Tourism

    The scarsely populated municipalities in the historical province of Dalsland, with a total of 50,000 inhabitants, have a unified tourism information. Färgelanda with its low population is preferring to boast its nature. There are several opportunities for fishing, and Ellenösjön is a popular lake for pikeperch fishing. The nature revserve in Kroppefjäll offers walking lines and a mountaneuos nature. There are also good possibilities for canoeing and swimming in the many lakes and streams.

    Färgelanda also has an old and well-preserved ancient history. Rock carvings in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the Iron Age scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a folk museum is Ödeborg's Fornsal, with more than 6,000 objects gathered from Dalsland in the last millennia.

    References

    Färgelanda Municipality Wikipedia


    Similar Topics