Hofors Municipality

municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Gävleborg County
Seat: Hofors
Total: 445.71 km (172.09 sq mi)
Land: 409.94 km (158.28 sq mi)
Water: 35.77 km (13.81 sq mi)
Density: 22.48/km (58.23/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Gästrikland
Website: www.hofors.se

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Hofors Municipality (Swedish: Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at 60°33′N 16°17′E / 60.550°N 16.283°E / 60.550; 16.283.

The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925. In 1971 the two entities were reunited to form the present municipality.