Kalix Municipality

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**Kalix Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Municipality and seat in Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Kalix
	65° 51′ N 23° 10′ 0″
	County	Norrbotten County
	Province	Norrbotten
	Area Rank	1,815 km² 48th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	17,635 132nd of 290
	Density	9.73/km²

Kalix Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Kalix with 7,300 inhabitants.

[edit] History

In historical times, Kalix was the name of the court district (domsaga) Kalix Lower Court District. It covered two parishes: Lower and Upper Kalix (Nederkalix and Överkalix, respectively). The chalice on the coat of arms was present in the Nederkalix coat of arms in 1800, and incorporated into Kalix Municipality in 1989.

On March 25, 1809, Kalix was the location of the capitulation of the Swedish Army in the Finnish war. In effect it surrendered Finland to Russia. Peace talks were initiated in the Finnish town Fredrikshamn (or Hamina in Finnish), and a peace treaty was signed on August 30.