Borlänge
urban area in Borlänge Municipality, Sweden
Borlänge ([ˈbôːˌɭɛŋːɛ]) is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality and the largest urban centre in the province of Dalarna. As of 2017 it had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants.
Geography
Borlänge lies along the Dalälven, downstream from the confluence of the Österdalälven and Västerdalälven at Djurås. After the confluence, the Dalälven flows eastwards past Borlänge. The wider Nedre Dalälven landscape downstream is characterized by bays, lakes, tributaries and waterways, rapids, ravines, river meadows and shore grasslands. The area forms a transition between the northern coniferous forest region and the southern broadleaf deciduous forest region and was designated the UNESCO biosphere reserve Nedre Dalälven River Landscape in 2011.
History
Originally Borlänge was the name of a tiny village, and traces back to at least the 1390s. The village was insignificant up until about 1870. In 1872 the construction of Domnarfvets Jernverk, the ironworks of neighbouring village Domnarvet started.
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