Färgelanda, Västra Götaland County, Västergötland Province, Sweden

Localities | Economy : Tourist Industry

🇸🇪 Färgelanda is a locality and the seat of Färgelanda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Färgelanda Municipality (Färgelanda kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Färgelanda.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg) was amalgamated with Högsäter.

Its coat of arms is based on a medieval seal depicting a harrow, symbolizing agriculture.

Localities • Färgelanda (seat) • Högsäter; • Ödeborg; • Stigen;

Economy: Tourist Industry The scarcely populated municipalities in the historical province of Dalsland have a unified tourism information. Färgelanda with its low population is preferring to boast its nature. There are several opportunities for fishing, and Ellenösjön is a popular lake for pikeperch fishing. The nature reserve in Kroppefjäll offers walking lines and a mountainous nature. There is canoeing and swimming in the many lakes and streams.

Färgelanda also has an old and well-preserved ancient history. Rock carvings in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the Iron Age scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a folk museum is Ödeborg's Fornsal, with more than 6,000 objects gathered from Dalsland in the last millennia.

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Färgelanda has a population of over 6,576 people. Färgelanda also forms part of the wider Dalsland District which has a population of over 50,604 people. Färgelanda is situated near Åmål.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Färgelanda has links with:

🇩🇪 Schönberg, Germany
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Antipodal to Färgelanda is: -168.017,-58.567

Locations Near: Färgelanda 11.9833,58.5667

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Antipodal to: Färgelanda -168.017,-58.567

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