Falun Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Falu kommun


county=Dalarna County
province=Dalarna
capital=Falun


arearank=40th
area=2,288.35
arealand=2,051.93
populationrank=39th
population=55,267
densityrank=143rd
populationdensity=26.9
website= [http://www.falun.se/www/english.nsf http://www.falun.se/]
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Falun Municipality ("Falu kommun") is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun.

The present municipality was formed at the time of the local government reform of 1971, when the "City of Falun" and six surrounding rural municipalities were amalgamated.

Localities

*Bengtsheden
*Bjursås
*Danholn
*Grycksbo
*Falun (seat)
*Linghed
*Sundborn
*Svärdsjö
*Sågmyra
*Toftbyn
*Vika

Local politics

The Falu Party is a party with local interests.

Sister cities

*Fredrikshamn, Finland
*Grudziądz, Poland
*Gütersloh, Germany
*Vordingborg, Denmark

Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:
*Kimberley, South Africa
*Pskov, Russia

External links

* [http://www.falun.se/www/english.nsf Falun Municipality] – Official site
* [http://www.du.se/Templates/StartPage____1622.aspx?epslanguage=EN Dalarna College] - Situated in Falun