Country Sweden County Dalarna County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Friday 8:25 PM | Province Dalarna Municipality Hedemora Municipality Area 153 ha Population 518 (31 Dec 2010) | |
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Weather -3°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Garpenberg is a locality situated in Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 518 inhabitants in 2010.
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Map of 776 98 Garpenberg, Sweden
Hedemora and Garpenberg Court District, or Hedemora och Garpenbergs tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called Dala hundare.
Mine
Mining in Garpenberg dates back to the 13th-century. Back then the main mineral to be mined was iron. There are still active mining operations in Garpenberg today. The mineral to be mined today are: zinc, lead and silver.
Culture
The International Random Film Festival was hosted in Garpenberg in December 2013.
References
Garpenberg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA