Gällivare

Also known as Jällivaara, Jiellevárri, Váhčir, Jellivaara, Jiellevarri, Váhtjer, Gällivare municipality

Gällivare (; ; or ; or ; ) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town was founded in the 17th century. Together with nearby towns Malmberget and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation with some 15,000 inhabitants.

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Settlement.official_name: Gällivare
Settlement.image_skyline: Storgatan_Gällivare.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: The main street (Storgatan) with snow and Christmas lights in Gällivare at about noon in December 2005.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Gällivare Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Norrbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lapland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.48
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 8,449
Settlement.population_density_km2: 1130
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Gällivare
Population: 12385
Area: 1053
Elevation: 358
Official website: www.gellivare.se
Image: Storgatan Gällivare.JPG
Dialing code: 0970

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Commons category: Gällivare
postal code: 982 01–982 99

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Gällivare is situated at the northern end of the Inlandsbanan railway line, about 60 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. Gällivare is located in a major iron ore mining region. Adjacent to Gällivare (about five kilometres) is Malmberget, known as a site for iron ore extraction from deep mines by LKAB. In addition Aitik, one of Europe's largest open pit copper mines, is operated just twenty kilometers away by Boliden AB.