Falun Mine

Falun Mine was a mine in , , that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two-thirds of Europe's copper needs and helped fund many of Sweden's wars in the 17th century.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: copper mine in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Kopparberget” and “Stora Kopparberget”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mine museum and Falun city library.

Museum
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Library
Photo: Vitplister, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Mojj, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Pit and Gamla Herrgården.

Locality
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is a locality.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Photo: Fabimaru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the administrative centre of the province in . It's the largest town in the area with about 40,000 inhabitants, slightly more than its close neighbour and friendly rival .

Falun Mine

Latitude
60.59877° or 60° 35′ 56″ north
Longitude
15.61108° or 15° 36′ 40″ east
Open location code
9FGQHJX6+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 87819714
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­mine
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q636194
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Falun Mine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل النحاس الكبير”
  • Arabic: “منجم فالون”
  • Arabic: “منطقة استخراج المناجم من جبل النحاس الكبير في فالون”
  • Basque: “Falungo Kobrezko Mendi Handia”
  • Catalan: “Gran muntanya de coure de Falun”
  • Chinese: “法伦的大铜山矿区”
  • Chinese: “法伦的大铜山采矿区”
  • Chinese: “法倫銅礦區”
  • Croatian: “Veliko brdo bakra”
  • Danish: “Falun og Kopparbergslagen”
  • Dutch: “Mijngebied van de Grote koperberg in Falun”
  • Dutch: “Mijngebied van de Grote Koperberg”
  • Esperanto: “Faluna Mino”
  • French: “Grande montagne de cuivre de Falun”
  • French: “Zone d’exploitation minière de la grande montagne de cuivre de Falun”
  • Georgian: “ფალუნის საბადო”
  • German: “Kopparbergslagen”
  • German: “Kupferbergwerk Falun”
  • Hebrew: “מכרה הנחושת בפאלון”
  • Hungarian: “Falun és Kopparbergslag”
  • Italian: “Falu koppargruva”
  • Japanese: “ファールンの大銅山地域”
  • Japanese: “大銅山”
  • Korean: “팔룬 광산”
  • Macedonian: “Фалун (рудник)”
  • Macedonian: “Фалун”
  • Malayalam: “ഫലൂൺ മൈൻ”
  • Maltese: “Minjiera tar-Ram ta‘ Falun”
  • Maltese: “Minjiera tar-Ram ta’ Falun”
  • Nepali: “फलुन खानी क्षेत्र”
  • Nepali: “महान कपर हिमाल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Falun og Kopparbergslagen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Falun og Kopparbergslagen”
  • Norwegian: “Falun og Kopparbergslagen”
  • Persian: “معدن فالو”
  • Polish: “Kopalnia w Falun”
  • Portuguese: “Mina de cobre de Falun”
  • Russian: “Горнопромышленный район Большая Медная гора, город Фалун”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliko brdo bakra”
  • Slovenian: “Kopparbergslagen”
  • Spanish: “Gran Montaña de Cobre de Falun”
  • Spanish: “Zona de explotación minera de la “Gran Montaña de Cobre” de Falun”
  • Swedish: “Falu Gruva”
  • Swedish: “Falun och Kopparbergslagen”
  • Swedish: “Stora Kopparberg”
  • Turkish: “Falun Madeni”
  • Ukrainian: “Стура-Коппарберг”
  • Uzbek: “Falun koni”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi đồng lớn Falun”

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