Karesuando
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Karesuando (; or ; Northern Sámi: ; Meänkieli: Karesuanto) is the northernmost locality in Sweden. It is situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 303 inhabitants in 2010 and 350 in 2011.
Key facts
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Karesuando church.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Karesuando Church in August 2005
- 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
- Kiruna Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Norrbotten County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lapland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.93
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 300
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 324
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area in Sweden
- Official name
- Karesuando
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 272
- Area
- 75
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Muonio River
- Official website
- www.karesuando.se
- Image
- Karesuando church.jpg
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- Commons category
- Karesuando
- different from
- Karesuvanto
- P8168
- Les Lèches
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Karesuando (; or ; Northern Sámi: ; Meänkieli: Karesuanto) is the northernmost locality in Sweden. It is situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 303 inhabitants in 2010 and 350 in 2011.
It is a church village, located alongside the Muonio River on the border with Finland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karesuando” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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