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Filipstad
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Filipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 10,644 inhabitants in 2019.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Filipstad
Settlement.image_skyline
Långban.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Långban
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Filipstad Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Värmland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Värmland
Settlement.area_total_km2
6.51
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2019
Settlement.population_total
10,644
Settlement.population_density_km2
925
Settlement.blank1_name
Climate

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Filipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 10,644 inhabitants in 2019.

Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip (1601–1622; younger brother of Gustavus Adolphus).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Filipstad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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