Hofors Municipality Facts for Kids

Hofors Municipality (Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at 60°33′N 16°17′E / 60.550°N 16.283°E / 60.550; 16.283.

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
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Demographics
Sister cities

Geography

Nearest cities are Gävle, 50 kilometers away, and Falun, 30 kilometers away.

Localities

Hofors (seat)
Torsåker

Demographics

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.

In total there were 7,375 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 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

Hofors C

1,982

1,442

58.6

39.6

20,254

Hofors N

1,915

1,536

53.0

46.5

28,454

Hofors S

1,972

1,510

49.2

49.7

27,872

Hofors V

1,488

1,111

55.1

43.3

18,651

Torsåker

2,205

1,776

44.3

54.9

25,849

Source: SVT

Sister cities

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])

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Geography

Localities

Demographics

Sister cities