Jokkmokk
Sign in to saveJokkmokk () is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. The Lule Sámi name of the place (composed of the individual words and ) means "River's Curve," due to the meandering river that runs through it. As in other towns in Lapland, the Swedish language is dominant at an official level in Jokkmokk in modern times. The settlement is just north of the Arctic Circle. Talvatissjön is located at the southern part of Jokkmokk.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jokkmokk
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jokkmokks kyrka.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jokkmokk Church
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Jokkmokk Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Norrbotten County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lapland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.59
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 2,786
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 776
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Jokkmokk () is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. The Lule Sámi name of the place (composed of the individual words and ) means "River's Curve," due to the meandering river that runs through it. As in other towns in Lapland, the Swedish language is dominant at an official level in Jokkmokk in modern times. The settlement is just north of the Arctic Circle. Talvatissjön is located at the southern part of Jokkmokk.
Jokkmokk is an important locality for the Sámi people and the location of several institutions related to them, including an education centre, the Ájtte museum, and an office of the Sámi Parliament of Sweden.