Fagersta (commune)

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Fagersta Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Fagersta.The City of Fagersta was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish . In 1971 it was transformed into a municipality of unitary type.LocalitiesThe municipal seat, Fagersta, is the only locality within the municipality with more than 200 inhabitants.Politics of FagerstaFagersta is known in Sweden for being a stronghold of Vänsterpartiet (Left party). In the last municipal elections, in 2006, vänsterpartiet got 58,30% of the votes. This outcome was the most successful, nationally, for vänsterpartiet in the municipal elections. Further this makes Fagersta the only Swedish municipality with the former communist party in a majority. The success for the party locally is ascribed to the popular local frontsman Stig Henriksson.SightsEngelsberg Ironworks, is a UNESCO world heritage site