Fagersta Municipality


Fagersta Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Fagersta.
The City of Fagersta was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish. In 1971 it was transformed into a municipality of unitary type.

Localities

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

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 1998–2014.

Sights

is a UNESCO world heritage site.

Notable people