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Place in Skåne, Sweden
Västanå
Västanå is located in SkåneVästanåVästanåShow map of SkåneVästanå is located in SwedenVästanåVästanåShow map of Sweden
Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°29′E / 56.167°N 14.483°E / 56.167; 14.483
CountrySweden
ProvinceSkåne
CountySkåne County
MunicipalityBromölla Municipality
Area
 • Total0.26 km (0.10 sq mi)
Population
 • Total130
 • Density501/km (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Västanå is a village situated in Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 130 inhabitants in 2005.

Västanå iron mine

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. For example Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand discovered berlinite, trolleite, augelite, attacolite, kirrolite and westanite in 1868 in the iron mine.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Småorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2000 och 2005" (xls) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
  2. "Västana". www.mineralienatlas.de.
  3. Kauffman, George (1975). "Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand (1826–1897) Swedish chemist and mineralogist". Annals of Science. 32: 13. doi:10.1080/00033797500200541.


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