Bengtsfors Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

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 in western Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the town of Bengtsfors

Bengtsfors

Bengtsfors is a locality and the seat of Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,194 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the former market town (köping

Köping

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) of Bengtsfors

Bengtsfors

Bengtsfors is a locality and the seat of Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,194 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 (instituted in 1926) was amalgamated with the municipalities of Bäckefors, Lelång and Steneby.

Geography

The municipality has much water areas, consisting of lakes and streams. It makes it a good place for canoeing

Canoeing

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, fishing

Fishing

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 and bathing

Bathing

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.

Every year a canoeing marathon

Marathon

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 called Dalslands Kanot Marathon+, or DKM+, is held. It is an enduring 55 km long (a marathon "plus"), stretching through the many municipal streams, and one of Sweden

Sweden

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's largest canoeing competitions.

Bengtsfors is also crossed by the Dalsland Canal

Dalsland Canal

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.

Localities

Localities

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 in the municipality and inhabitants:

• Bengtsfors
  Bengtsfors
  Bengtsfors is a locality and the seat of Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,194 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
   (seat), 3,600 inh.
• Billingsfors
  Billingsfors
  Billingsfors is a locality situated in Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,195 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  , 1,400 inh.
• Bäckefors
  Bäckefors
  Bäckefors is a locality situated in Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 689 inhabitants in 2005.The Movie Kopps was filmed in was filmed here in 2003.The hospital Dalslands Sjukhus is located here....
  
  , 750 inh.
• Dals Långed
  Dals Långed
  Dals Långed is a locality situated in Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,610 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  , 1,700 inh.
• Gustavsfors, 700 inh.
• Skåpafors
  Skåpafors
  Skåpafors is a locality situated in Bengtsfors Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 313 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  , 400 inh.

External links

• Bengtsfors Municipality - Official site
• Dalsland Canal - In Swedish, English and German