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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Iggesund
|image_skyline          = Iggesunds kyrka ext1 2008-05-28.JPG
|image_caption          = [[Iggesund Church]]
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position =
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Hudiksvall Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Gävleborg County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Hälsingland]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 |df= }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 4.12
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 3,365 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 815
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|61|38|N|17|04|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                =
}}
'''Iggesund''' is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] situated in [[Hudiksvall Municipality]], [[Gävleborg County]], Sweden with 3,362 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />
==Geography==
Iggesund is located {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Hudiksvall]], {{convert|45|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Söderhamn]] and {{convert|70|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Ljusdal]], with the [[Bothnian Sea]] to the east. The nearest bigger cities are [[Sundsvall]] (pop. 49,339) {{convert|92|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north, and [[Gävle]] (pop. 68,700) {{convert|126|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the south.
[[File:Iggesund.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Iggesund local centre, with the statue of 'The Worker']]
==History==
Iggesund was mentioned for the first time during the 15th century. At the time Iggesund consisted only of a few farms on both sides of the Iggåns.
* 1546 – Swedish king [[Gustav Vasa]] established an eel fishery at the Iggån.
* 1672 – Östanå paper mills were built on the northern shore of the Viksjön lake. They represented the first major industry in Iggesund.
* 1685 – Iggesund's industrial era began with the completion of the ''Iggesunds Bruk'' iron mill. Iggesund slowly transformed from an agricultural into an industrial town. With the steady expansion of ''Iggesunds Bruk'' the town's name slowly turned into a synonym for the mill.
* 1721 – Russians troops burned down a large part of the industry and town.
===Name===
* around 1400: Igesunda
* around 1500: Egesund, Eghesund, Eggesund, Iggesund, Iggsund
[[Image:Iggesunds bruk, STF1923.jpg|600px|left|thumb|Iggesund iron mill, 1923]]
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== References ==
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{{Localities in Hudiksvall Municipality}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Hudiksvall Municipality]]
[[Category:Hälsingland]]
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