Torsång

Torsång
Torsång
	Torsång Torsång
	Coordinates: 60°28′N 15°34′E / 60.467°N 15.567°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Dalarna
County	Dalarna County
Municipality	Borlänge Municipality
Area
• Total	1.08 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	666
• Density	616/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Torsång (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɔ̂ʂːɔŋ])^[2] is a locality situated in Borlänge Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 666 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] It is situated on lakes Runnsjön and Osjön and the river Dalälven, which are connected with the canal Lillälven.

Torsång Court District, or Torsångs tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called Dala hundare.

History

Swedish (then future) king Gustav I (Gustav Vasa) passed through in the year 1520, while a fugitive from Danish mercenaries. A memorial stone was erected to mark this important event in Swedish history. It can still be seen in Torsång's open-air museum.

Café Torsång on the banks of river Dalälven

References

^ ^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 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 25.

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[scb-1] "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

[2] Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 25.

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