Hoganas

Hoganas is a locality and the seat of Hoganas Municipality, Skane County, Sweden with 14,107 population in 2010. Hoganas is nationally recognized for its ceramics enterprise, Hoganas Keramik. Hoganas Keramik is part of Iittala Group. Höganäs began as a small fishing village within the parish of Väsby, documented in 1488 in the written form Hoyenæss. In the middle of the 17th century it had 17 homes. Coal become determined within the vicinity, and mining commenced in 1797.

In 1798 a railway with wooden rails changed into built. It turned into the first of its kind in Sweden and become used to transport coal from the mine to the harbour. The populace began to develop and new dwellings had been built for the miners. During the 19th century more industries have been constructed the usage of clay for making ceramic products. Hoganas is widely recognized nevertheless today for ceramics. The coal mines, however, have been closed within the 1960s. In 1936, while Hoganas were given the title of a town it had 6,915 population. Since 1971 it's miles the seat of Hoganas Municipality, encompassing the Kullaberg peninsula with definitely around 24,000 population.