A city of Falun received its privileges inside 1641. By so Falun was already one of a big cities around Sweden. A town of Falun is known to develop existed in the 14th century as a market place for the encompassing lands. Mining for copper got been a local business since the mid-1200's & a organisation for a extracting of copper & gold from either the Great Copper Mountain (Stora Kopparberg) is believed to be a oldest however existent enterprise in the globe, proven active since 1347. Falun is in the Bergslagen district, and a mining region of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stora Kopparberg (Great Copper Mountain), which likewise was the title of the mining company of Falun, is now a section of Stora Enso.

In todays world the city of Falun has a people of 35,930 (1996) & together using its neighbour city of Borlänge it forms a city region by having around 100,000 habitant. Falun is the city of home within Dalarna County, & is however an crucial service and industrial city although a mine itself is closed. A city too holds a share of the University College of Dalarna (Högskolan Dalarna) and every month it hosts a Swedish Ski Games by its skiing arena Lugnet. Falun has as well applied for the Olympic Winter Games however hasn't received the babies however. A city's virtually all successful sport team is the bandy team Falu BK which has played in the Swedish top division for numerous years.