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Gällivare Municipality
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municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Norrbotten County
- Seat
- Gällivare
- Total
- 16,818.22 km (6,493.55 sq mi)
- Land
- 15,705.15 km (6,063.79 sq mi)
- Water
- 1,113.07 km (429.76 sq mi)
- Density
- 1.0949/km (2.8357/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Lapland
- Website
- www.gellivare.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Norrbotten County
- Capital
- Gällivare
- Official language
- Sámi
- Population
- 17135
- Area
- 1127.43
- Shares border with
- Hamarøy Municipality
- Employees
- 1975
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.gellivare.se
- Image
- Gällivare kommunhus 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gällivare Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Gällivare Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Barga
- short name
- Gällivare
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- catchphrase
- En arktisk småstad i världsklass.
- phone number
- +46-970-81-80-00
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/gallivare_municipality
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.gellivare.se/Kommun/Politik/Medborgarinitiativ
- number of viewers/listeners
- 429682
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Encyclopedic overview
Gällivare Municipality (Swedish: Gällivare kommun; Northern Sami: Jiellevárri gielda or Váhčira gielda; Meänkieli: Jellivaaran kunta; Finnish: Jällivaaran kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommodate commercial fixed-wing aircraft; as such, it is a popular destination for hikers wishing to visit the Sarek and Padjelanta national parks.
Localities and settlements
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gällivare Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.