Pajala

Pajala () is a locality and the seat of Pajala Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 1,958 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in Swedish Lapland.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Pajala
Settlement.image_skyline: Pajala kyrka i juli 2004..JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Pajala Church, July 2004
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Norrbotten#
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Pajala Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Norrbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Norrbotten
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3.78
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 1,958
Settlement.population_density_km2: 518
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Pajala
Population: 1962
Area: 317
Image: Pajala kyrka i juli 2004..JPG
Dialing code: 0978

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Pajala () is a locality and the seat of Pajala Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 1,958 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in Swedish Lapland.

Pajala is in part of the Meänmaa (Torne valley) region and was in past times unilingually Meänkieli-speaking. While it is still spoken by many, after the Swedification policies of the 18- and 1900s Swedish has become the dominant language.