Sweden
Västmanland County
Fagersta Municipality

Västanfors

Västanfors is a district of and is located in , . Västanfors has about 12,300 residents.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 12,300 residents
  • Description: settlement in Fagersta Municipality,Sweden
  • Also known as: “Vastanfors”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fagersta central station and Västanfors Church.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Church
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is located at Västanfors in , , .

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fagersta and Semla Area.

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is a town in northern in . It's the central town of municipality, also covered in this article.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northwest of Västanfors.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , , with 308 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 10 km northwest of Västanfors.

Västanfors

Latitude
59.98885° or 59° 59′ 20″ north
Longitude
15.81074° or 15° 48′ 39″ east
Population
12,300
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
9FFQXRQ6+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9169470730
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
2664549
Wiki­data ID
Q3370762
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Swedish—“Västanfors” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Вэстанфорс”
  • Catalan: “Västanfors”
  • Danish: “Västanfors”
  • Dutch: “Västanfors”
  • French: “Västanfors”
  • Irish: “Västanfors”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Væstanfors”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Västanfors”
  • Norwegian: “Västanfors”
  • Swedish: “Västanfors”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Västanfors”. Photo: MagnusA, CC BY-SA 3.0.