Official Name: | Valåsen och Labbsand |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Örebro#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Karlskoga Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Örebro County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Värmland |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 354 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 59.3°N 48°W |
Valåsen och Labbsand is a locality (tätort) situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden.
Valåsen och Labbsand is near the course of the River Valån. The area is completely located in the Karlskoga Municipality.
The locality lies mostly to the south of Valåsen Manor, and is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen (the low mountainous ridge) to the east, Lake Möckeln to the west, Degerfors Municipality to the south. To the north is a subdivision of Moelven Industrier, Moelven Valåsen AB.[2]
The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club.
Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and Degerfors.
In 1632, Valåsen was established as an ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken.[3] The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.