Wermelandia
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Wermelandia, or Värmland, is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders to Westrogothia, Dalia, Dalecarlia, Westmannia and Nericia. It is also bounded by Norway in the east.
[edit] PopulationThe population of Wermelandia is 312,966 as of 2004. It distrubutes over three counties as follows:
[edit] CountyFor current affairs see: Värmland County Wermelandia has virtually the same boundaries as Värmland County. The main exception is a smaller part to the south east which belongs to the Örebro County. [edit] HistoryMain article: History of Wermelandia Eastern Wermelandia traditionally belongs to the mining district of Bergslagen. [edit] GeographyMain article: Geography of Wermelandia Wermelandia was historically divided into chartered cities and districts. One district formed part of Bergslagen and was a mountain district, and all the other districts were hundreds. [edit] Cities
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[edit] CultureMain article: Culture of Wermelandia [edit] HeraldryMain article: Heraldry of Wermelandia Arms granted in 1560, and revised in 1567 to the current one, with later minor revisions. The arms is represented with a dukal coronet. Blazon: "Argent, an Eagle displayed Azure beaked, langued and membered Gules." [edit] Dukes of WermelandiaSince 1772, Swedish Princes have been created Dukes of various provinces. This is solely a nominal title.
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