# Garpenberg

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Garpenberg
|image_skyline          = Garpenbergs kyrka.jpg
|image_caption          = [Garpenberg Church](/source/Garpenberg_Church)
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Dalarna#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{SWE}}
|subdivision_type3      = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Sweden)
|subdivision_name3      = [Hedemora Municipality](/source/Hedemora_Municipality)
|subdivision_type2      = [County](/source/Counties_of_Sweden)
|subdivision_name2      = [Dalarna County](/source/Dalarna_County)
|subdivision_type1      = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Sweden)
|subdivision_name1      = [Dalarna](/source/Dalarna)
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden) |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 |df= }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 1.53
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 518 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 338
|timezone               = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|60|19|N|16|12|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}

'''Garpenberg''' is a [locality](/source/Urban_areas_in_Sweden) situated in [Hedemora Municipality](/source/Hedemora_Municipality), [Dalarna County](/source/Dalarna_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) with 518 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

''Hedemora and Garpenberg Court District'', or ''Hedemora och Garpenbergs tingslag'', was a district of [Dalarna](/source/Dalarna) in [Sweden](/source/Sweden). The court district (''[tingslag](/source/tingslag)'') served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a [hundred](/source/Hundreds_of_Sweden) (''härad''). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called ''Dala hundare''.

[Paul Palen](/source/Paul_Pal%C3%A9n), a [sport shooter](/source/Shooting_sports), was born here

==Mine==
Mining in Garpenberg dates back to the 13th century, when the main mineral to be mined was [iron](/source/iron). There are still active mining operations in Garpenberg today which produce [zinc](/source/zinc), [lead](/source/lead) and [silver](/source/silver).

==Culture==
The [International Random Film Festival](/source/International_Random_Film_Festival) was hosted in Garpenberg in December 2013.

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Garpenberg}}
{{Localities in Hedemora Municipality}}

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Category:Populated places in Hedemora Municipality

{{Dalarna-geo-stub}}

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