Official Name: | Västanå |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Skåne#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Bromölla Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Skåne County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Skåne |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.26 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Total: | 130 |
Population Density Km2: | 501 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 56.1667°N 43°W |
Västanå is a village situated in Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 130 inhabitants in 2005.
In 1800 an iron ore deposit was discovered and mining began in 1804. Till the closure in 1917, 1500 tonnes of iron ore were mined. Several new minerals were discovered in that mine.[2] For example Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand discovered berlinite trolleite augelite attacolite, and westanite in 1868 in the iron mine.[3]