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Bengtsfors Municipality
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municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Västra Götaland County
- Seat
- Bengtsfors
- Total
- 1,059.19 km (408.96 sq mi)
- Land
- 882.93 km (340.90 sq mi)
- Water
- 176.26 km (68.05 sq mi)
- Density
- 10.18/km (26.35/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Dalsland
- Website
- www.bengtsfors.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Älvsborg County
- Capital
- Bengtsfors
- Population
- 8955
- Area
- 176.19
- Elevation
- 95
- Shares border with
- Åmål Municipality
- Employees
- 1175
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.bengtsfors.se
- Image
- View over Bengtsfors Sweden.JPG
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- topic's main category
- Category:Bengtsfors Municipality
- catchphrase
- Kämpaglöd = Bengtsfors / Där goda idéer forsar fram
- Commons category
- Bengtsfors Municipality
- short name
- Bengtsfors
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2001:6f0:4802::/48
- twinned administrative body
- Kuldīga
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +46-531-526000
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/bengtsfors_municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Bengtsfors Municipality (Swedish: Bengtsfors kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bengtsfors.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the former market town (köping) of Bengtsfors (instituted in 1926) was amalgamated with the municipalities of Bäckefors, Lelång and Steneby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bengtsfors Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.