Editing Fagersta Municipality

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| name                    = Fagersta Municipality
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'''Fagersta Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Fagersta kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västmanland County]] in central [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the [[stad (Sweden)|city]] of [[Fagersta]].

The ''City of Fagersta'' (instituted in 1944) was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish (which had been part of Surahammar Municipality since 1963). In 1971 it was transformed into a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] of unitary type.

==Localities==
The municipal seat, [[Fagersta]], is the only locality within the municipality with more than 200 inhabitants.

Another locality of note is [[Ängelsberg]], a village located on [[Åmänningen|Åmänningen Lake]].

== Politics of Fagersta == 
Fagersta is historically a left wing stronghold, with mostly a social democratic majority running the town, a trend only broken with a further left majority between 1998 and 2014. However, a rapid shift saw the right-leaning coalition narrowly win the [[2022 Swedish general election]] vote in the municipality.<ref name=FagerstaVal2022/> The local elections still saw the Social Democratic-Left Party combination winning a combined majority of seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/kommunval-1982-fagersta.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Fagersta i kommunalvalet|publisher=[[Sveriges Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=30 December 2023|archive-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230010829/https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/kommunval-1982-fagersta.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
This is a demographic table based on Fagersta Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=FagerstaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1982-fagersta.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Fagersta i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=30 December 2023|archive-date=30 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230010830/https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1982-fagersta.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In total there were 13,284 residents, including 9,607 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=FagerstaVal2022/> 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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|-
| align="left" |Centrum
| 2,407
| 1,703
| 53.1
| 45.1
| 68
| 54
| 46
| 20,246
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Kolarbyn
| 2,079
| 1,234
| 61.7
| 37.4
| 56
| 37
| 63
| 17,905
| 18
|-
| align="left" |Meling
| 1,806
| 1,304
| 48.4
| 50.4
| 87
| 81
| 19
| 29,805
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Per Ols
| 2,209
| 1,626
| 45.5
| 54.2
| 85
| 73
| 27
| 28,913
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Risbron
| 2,153
| 1,580
| 49.8
| 49.1
| 72
| 57
| 43
| 22,908
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Västanfors
| 1,329
| 1,064
| 44.8
| 54.5
| 83
| 77
| 23
| 25,388
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Åvestbo-Västervåla
| 1,301
| 1,096
| 39.9
| 58.4
| 84
| 85
| 15
| 28,290
| 27
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=FagerstaVal2022/>
|}

== Sights ==
[[Engelsberg Ironworks]], in Ängelsberg, is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].

== Notable people==
*[[Anitra Steen]], manager of [[Systembolaget]], former civil servant
*[[Lennart Hellsing]], writer
*[[Ulf Samuelsson]], ice hockey player
*[[Tomas Sandström]], ice hockey player
*[[The Hives]], rock band

==Sister Cities==
*{{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Choibalsan (city)|Choibalsan]], Mongolia
*{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Pehčevo]], North Macedonia

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.fagersta.se Fagersta Municipality] – Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Fagersta
 | N  = [[Norberg Municipality|Norberg]]
 | E  = [[Sala Municipality, Sweden|Sala]]
 | SE = [[Surahammar Municipality|Surahammar]]
 | S  = [[Skinnskatteberg Municipality|Skinnskatteberg]]
 | W  = [[Smedjebacken Municipality|Smedjebacken]] ([[Dalarna County|Dalarna]])
}}
{{Västmanland County}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Västmanland County]]