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Haparanda Municipality
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municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Norrbotten County
- Seat
- Haparanda
- Total
- 1,868.27 km (721.34 sq mi)
- Land
- 922.76 km (356.28 sq mi)
- Water
- 945.51 km (365.06 sq mi)
- Density
- 9.893/km (25.62/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Norrbotten
- Website
- www.haparanda.se
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Haparanda Municipality (Swedish: Haparanda kommun; Meänkieli and Finnish: Haaparannan kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Haparanda (Meänkieli: Haaparanta).
In 1967 the "City of Haparanda" was merged with the rural municipalities Karl Gustav and Nedertorneå. Since 1971 Haparanda, like all other municipalities of Sweden, is a municipality of unitary type. However, it prefers to use the title stad ("city") for the whole territory, including the non-urban parts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haparanda Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.