Kiruna Municipality

municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Norrbotten County
Seat: Kiruna
Total: 20,551.42 km (7,934.95 sq mi)
Land: 19,140.33 km (7,390.12 sq mi)
Water: 1,411.09 km (544.82 sq mi)
Density: 1.1731/km (3.0384/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Lapland
Website: www.kiruna.se

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Kiruna Municipality (Swedish: Kiruna kommun; Northern Sami: Giron gielda; Meänkieli: Kierunan kunta; Finnish: Kiirunan kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna. It is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and at 20,715 square kilometres (7,998 sq mi) is Sweden's geographically largest covering roughly 4.604% of its total area. Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami have the official status of being minority languages in the municipality.

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