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BorlÀnge

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BorlÀnge, town, Dalarna lÀn (county), central Sweden, on the Dal River. In the Middle Ages a stronghold known as BorghnÀs was located near the present site; its destruction in 1434 opened a war of liberation against the Danes. With the coming of railroads, beginning in 1875, BorlÀnge developed into an important commercial centre for the surrounding agricultural and industrial areas. In 1891 it became a municipality and in 1898 a market town. After absorbing the villages of Domnarvet and Kvarnsveden, it was chartered as a town in 1944.

Located near the rich Bergslagen mining region, BorlÀnge is an important ironworking and steel-milling centre. In addition, it has paper mills, sawmills, engineering works, foundries, printing establishments, slaughterhouses, power stations, and factories producing headgear and leather goods. It is also an important rail and bus junction. Domnarvet open-air museum contains 16th- and 17th-century buildings. Dalarna College has a campus in BorlÀnge. Pop. (2005 est.) mun., 46,987.

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