Falun
Sign in to saveFalun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitants.
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Falun is a city in central Sweden that serves as both the capital of Dalarna County and the municipal center for Falun Municipality, with a population of about 37,000 people as of 2010. Together with the nearby city of Borlänge, Falun is part of a larger metropolitan area of over 100,000 residents.
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Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitants.
Falun was originally famous for its copper mine, and is today an important service and industrial city even though the mine is closed (since 1992).