- Hallstahammar
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hallstahammar
image_caption =
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Hallstahammar Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Västmanland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Västmanland
established_title3 =
established_date3 =
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 9.57
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 10,300
population_density_km2 = 1077
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=59 |latm=37 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=16 |longm=15 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Hallstahammar is a town (pop. 10,300) in
Västmanland ,Sweden and the seat ofHallstahammar Municipality ,Västmanland County .The King
Gustav Vasa built a castle along the lake about 1558. Its current appearance goes back to the 1680s. Today it hosts an interesting museum.The town Hallstahammar traces its history to
1628 when the first smithy was built. In 1795 the Strömsholm Canal was inaugurated which enhanced goods transports.The town became a centre for transportation and commerce. In the 1930s it was shaped as a typical Swedish industrial town with close ties to the engineering industry. From the 1970s on, however, that industry has gradually lost its strong significance.
The town is situated by the small river
Kolbäcksån . Along that river many industries were established, and at Hallstahammar anironwork was built as early as 1628.The local bus traffic in Hallstahammar is free of charge, one of very few Swedish experiments with that type of service.
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