Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality
Hofors kommun | |
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Coat of arms of Hofors Municipality Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| County | Gävleborg County |
| Seat | Hofors |
| Area | |
• Total | 445.71 km2 (172.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 409.94 km2 (158.28 sq mi) |
| • Water | 35.77 km2 (13.81 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 9,216 |
| • Density | 22.48/km2 (58.23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Gästrikland |
| Municipal code | 2104 |
| Website | www.hofors.se |
Hofors Municipality (Swedish: Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found..
The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925. In 1971 the two entities were reunited to form the present municipality.
The coat of arms stem from 1968, and is derived from a map from 1539, where the town Hofors was surrounded by iron mines. ([1]).
Geography
[edit | edit source]Nearest cities are Gävle, 50 kilometers away, and Falun, 30 kilometers away.
Localities
[edit | edit source]Demographics
[edit | edit source]This is a demographic table based on Hofors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 7,375 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 50.8% voted for the left coalition and 48.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
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| % | % | ||||||||
| Hofors C | 1,982 | 1,442 | 58.6 | 39.6 | 70 | 68 | 32 | 20,254 | 18 |
| Hofors N | 1,915 | 1,536 | 53.0 | 46.5 | 87 | 85 | 15 | 28,454 | 29 |
| Hofors S | 1,972 | 1,510 | 49.2 | 49.7 | 86 | 87 | 13 | 27,872 | 23 |
| Hofors V | 1,488 | 1,111 | 55.1 | 43.3 | 65 | 63 | 37 | 18,651 | 18 |
| Torsåker | 2,205 | 1,776 | 44.3 | 54.9 | 85 | 94 | 6 | 25,849 | 29 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Sister cities
[edit | edit source]Two sister cities:
- Denmark: Fladså,
- Finland: Kontiolahti
Until recently, Tokke in Norway was a sister city, but it has for some reason been discontinued. (Source: [2])
References
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External links
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