Haparanda

Haparanda (; Meänkieli and Finnish: Haaparanta, ) is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda has a population of 9,166 inhabitants (2024).

Key facts

Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement.official_name: Haparanda
Settlement.image_skyline: 18.07.23 Haparanda X52 9034.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Haparanda railway station
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Haparanda Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Norrbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Norrbotten
Settlement.area_total_km2: 4.43
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 4,856
Settlement.population_density_km2: 1097
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Sports
The impact of the Finland-Sweden international border
Rail gauge
Buildings
Climate
Notable people
See also
References
External links

Haparanda is located near the Sweden-Finland border, at the northerly extreme of the Swedish coastline, as well as the easternmost point in Sweden, far removed from large cities. Its summers are very warm for a coastal location so far north, and winters are normally not extremely cold in spite of the relative proximity to the Arctic Circle.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haparanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.