Valåsen och Labbsand
Place in Värmland, Sweden
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Valåsen och Labbsand (lit. 'Valåsen and Labbsand') is a locality (tätort) situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
Valåsen och Labbsand | |
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Valåsen Manor in the 1890s | |
  Valåsen och Labbsand  Valåsen och Labbsand | |
| Coordinates: 59°18′N 14°34′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Värmland |
| County | Örebro County |
| Municipality | Karlskoga Municipality |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 354 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden.
Geography
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 321 | — |
| 2016 | 323 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 337 | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 353 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 354 | +0.3% |
Valåsen och Labbsand is near the course of the River Valån. The area is completely located in the Karlskoga Municipality.
The locality lies mostly to the south of Valåsen Manor, and is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen (the low mountainous ridge) to the east, Lake Möckeln to the west, Degerfors Municipality to the south. To the north is a subdivision of Moelven Industrier, Moelven Valåsen AB.[2]
The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club.
Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and Degerfors.
History
Notable people
- Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster
- Nils von Hofsten, politician
- Johanna Christina von Hofsten, Swedish-language children's writer
- Stina Swartling, writer
