Borlänge Municipality

municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Dalarna County
Seat: Borlänge
Total: 635.81 km (245.49 sq mi)
Land: 583.87 km (225.43 sq mi)
Water: 51.94 km (20.05 sq mi)
Density: 88.151/km (228.31/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Dalarna
Website: www.borlange.se

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Borlänge Municipality (Swedish: Borlänge kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km. The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Borlänge (itself instituted as a city in 1944) was reunited with the rural municipality of Stora Tuna, from which it had been detached in 1898.