- Filipstad Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Filipstads kommun
county=Värmland County
province=Värmland andDalarna
capital=Filipstad
arearank=60th
area=1,721.72
arealand=1,543.10
populationrank=200th
population=10,782
densityrank=247th
populationdensity=6.99
website=http://www.filipstad.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007Filipstad Municipality ("Filipstads kommun") is a municipality in
Värmland County in west centralSweden . Its seat is located in the city ofFilipstad .The present municipality was created in
1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the rural municipalities of Kroppa, Rämmen and Värmlandsberg. A poker player by the name of "feeder" resides here.Localities
With at least 200 inhabitants:
*Filipstad , 6,300 inhabitants (seat)
*Lesjöfors , 1,247 inhabitants
*Nykroppa , 1,020 inhabitants
*Persberg , 350 inhabitants
*Nordmark, 250 inhabitantsExternal links
* [http://www.filipstad.se Filipstad Municipality] - Official site
* [http://filipstad.ifolkmun.se/in-english/ filipstad.ifolkmun.se] - Local news site
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