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
Valåsen Manor in the 1890s
Valåsen Manor in the 1890s
Valåsen och Labbsand is located in Örebro
Valåsen och Labbsand
Valåsen och Labbsand
Valåsen och Labbsand is located in Sweden
Valåsen och Labbsand
Valåsen och Labbsand
Coordinates: 59°18′N 14°34′E / 59.300°N 14.567°E / 59.300; 14.567
CountrySweden
ProvinceVärmland
CountyÖrebro County
MunicipalityKarlskoga Municipality
Population
 (2020)
 • Total354
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden.

Geography

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
2015321—    
2016323+0.6%
2017337+4.3%
2018353+4.7%
2020354+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

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In 1632, Valåsen was established as an ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken.[3] The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet per tätort". www.scb.se (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Moelven Valåsen AB". Moelven (in Swedish). Moelven Industrier. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Valåsen, Karlskoga". www.adolfssons.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2022.

Further reading

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  • Öman, Karin (2018). Ån – Berättelser om Valåsen i Karlskoga Bergslag (in Swedish). Norlén & Slottner. ISBN 9789188503398.