Västanå

Västanå is a village situated in Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 130 inhabitants in 2005.^[1]

Västanå
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Coordinates: 56°10′N 14°29′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Skåne
County	Skåne County
Municipality	Bromölla Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	0.26 km2 (0.10 sq mi)
Population  (2000)[1]
• Total	130
• Density	501/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

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.^[2] For example Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand discovered berlinite, trolleite, augelite, attacolite, kirrolite and westanite in 1868 in the iron mine.^[3]

Further reading

• Västanå iron mine
• Västanå Iron Mine
• Blomstrand C W (1868) Om Westanå mineralier, Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 25, 197-212