Garpenberg
Garpenberg | |
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Garpenberg Church | |
| Coordinates: 60°19′N 16°12′E / 60.317°N 16.200°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Dalarna |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Municipality | Hedemora Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.53 km2 (0.59 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010) | |
• Total | 518 |
| • Density | 338/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Garpenberg is a locality situated in Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 518 inhabitants in 2010.
Hedemora and Garpenberg Court District, or Hedemora och Garpenbergs 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.
Paul Palen, a sport shooter, was born here