Hofors Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at.The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925. In 1971 the two entities were reunited to form the present municipality.The coat of arms stem from 1968, and is derived from a map from 1539, where the town Hofors was surrounded by iron mines. .Localities Hofors (seat) TorsåkerGeographyNearest cities are Gävle, 50 kilometers away, and Falun, 30 kilometers away.Sister citiesTwo sister cities: Denmark: Fladså, Finland: Kontiolahti Until recently, Tokke in Norway was a sister city, but it has for some reason been discontinued. (Source: )
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