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Gagnef Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
2026

Province
  
Dalarna County

Seat
  
Djurås

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Website
  
www.gagnef.se

Gagnef Municipality

Gagnef Municipality (Gagnefs kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants.

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Map of Gagnef Municipality, Sweden

In 1971 "old" Gagnef was amalgamated with Floda, forming the present municipality.

The industry is dominated by small and semi-small companies mainly operating in the forest industry.

Geographically, the two rivers of the Västerdal River and the Österdal River flow together in Gagnef to form the Dal River, as represented in the municipality's coat of arms.

Localities

  • Björbo
  • Bäsna
  • Djurmo
  • Djurås (seat)
  • Floda
  • Gagnef
  • Mockfjärd
  • Sifferbo

    • Government and politics

    Distribution of the 35 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

  • Social Democratic Party 12
  • Centre Party 12
  • Moderate Party 5
  • Green Party 2
  • Christian Democrats 2
  • Sweden Democrats 1
  • Liberal People's Party 1

    • Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Gagnef:

  • Social Democratic Party 34.9%
  • Moderate Party 23.7%
  • Centre Party 12.3%
  • Sweden Democrats 7.3%
  • Green Party 6.1%
  • Christian Democrats 5.7%
  • Left Party 5.0%
  • Liberal People's Party 4.1%

    • References

    Gagnef Municipality Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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