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| Coordinates: 59°04′N 15°07′E / 59.067°N 15.117°ECoordinates: 59°04′N 15°07′E / 59.067°N 15.117°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Närke |
| County | Örebro County |
| Municipality | Hallsberg Municipality and Kumla Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 8.19 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,122 |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,253.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Hallsberg is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 7,122 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is also partly located in Kumla Municipality.
Overview
This settlement grew up around a railway junction, and is now known as a place where you have to change trains. The railway station is oversized for the town's own needs. Hallsberg was declared a municipalsamhälle (a type of borough within its municipality) in 1883 and got the title of a market town in 1908. Since 1971 it is instead the seat of the enlarged Hallsberg Municipality.
Hallsberg is famous for its huge classification yard and for the large train station. The reason for this is that railways (from practically all cardinal directions) to and from Stockholm, Gothenburg, Mjölby, Örebro and Karlstad join here. Among the more important is the Västra stambanan ("western main line"). As the railways were built, Hallsberg grew up around it.
A sight in the Hallsberg is the Bergööska House, built in the 1880s. It was drawn by the architect Ferdinand Boberg, and contains wall-paintings by Carl Larsson, depicting the Bergöö family and other well-known people of Hallsberg.
The main industries are Volvo, Ahlsell, and enterprises related to the railway industry.
Hallsberg is twinned with Gifhorn, Germany.
Sven Wingquist, co-founder of SKF in 1907 was born in Hallsberg December 10, 1876.
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- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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