Gusum
Encyclopedia
Gusum is a locality
situated in Valdemarsvik Municipality
, Östergötland County
, Sweden
with 1,211 inhabitants in 2005. Gusum is the site of the now-defunct foundry Gusums Bruk
.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Valdemarsvik Municipality
Valdemarsvik Municipality
Valdemarsvik Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Valdemarsvik.Valdemarsvik was originally a market town under the city of Söderköping...
, Östergötland County
Östergötland County
Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 1,211 inhabitants in 2005. Gusum is the site of the now-defunct foundry Gusums Bruk
Gusums Bruk
Gusums Bruk is a foundry in Sweden specialized in brass production. The foundry commenced operations in 1653. Light crowns and industrial products were the foundries main production. Due to the discovery of the frauds the foundry have made, it was shut down in 1990-91. The foundry is no longer...
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External links
- Gusum information portal (in Swedish)