Västervåla
Västervåla is a village in Västervåla socken, Västanfors-Västervåla, Västmanland County. Västervåla is situated nearby to the hamlet Sörby, as well as near Dunshammar.Photo: V-wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Västervåla Church and Engelsbergs Ironworks.
Engelsbergs Ironworks
Museum
Photo: Godewind, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Engelsberg Ironworks is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It was built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700–1800. Engelsbergs Ironworks is situated 3 km north of Västervåla.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ängelsberg and Virsbo.
Ängelsberg
Hamlet
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ängelsberg is a village situated in Fagersta Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 144 inhabitants in 2005. It is famous for the Engelsberg Ironworks and the oldest preserved oil refinery in the world, Engelsberg Refinery.
Virsbo
Village
Photo: V-wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Virsbo is a locality situated in Surahammar Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 1,517 inhabitants in 2010. Virsbo is situated 8 km south of Västervåla.
Västervåla
- Type: Village
- Description: settlement in Fagersta Municipality,Sweden
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Västervåla socken, Västanfors-Västervåla, Fagersta Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.94053° or 59° 56′ 26″ northLongitude
16.02659° or 16° 1′ 36″ eastOpen location code
9FFRW2RG+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 886318923OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q10718048
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Västervåla” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Västervåla”
- Dutch: “Västervåla”
- French: “Västervåla”
- Irish: “Västervåla”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Västervåla”
- Swedish: “Västervåla”
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