Haparanda Municipality
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| Haparanda kommun | |
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| County | Norrbotten County |
| Province | Norrbotten |
| Seat | Haparanda |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
114th of 290 927 km² |
| Population • Total |
213th of 290 10,208 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
11 inhabitants/km² |
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Haparanda Municipality (Haparanda kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in the northern part of the country. Its seat is in the town Haparanda (Finnish:Haaparanta)
In 1967 the City of Haparanda was merged with the rural municipalities Karl Gustav and Nedertorneå. Since 1971 Haparanda, like all other municipalities of Sweden, is a municipality of unitary type. However, it prefers to use the title stad (city) for the whole territory, including the non-urban parts.
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[edit] Localities
- Haparanda (seat)
- Karungi
- Sekarö
[edit] Geography
In Sweden, Haparanda borders the municipalities of Övertorneå to the north and Kalix to the west.
Haparanda is located on the western side of where the Torne River discharges into the Gulf of Bothnia. On the other side of the river lies the Finnish town Tornio (Torneå in Swedish). Haparanda and Tornio have a treaty of twin towning, and jointly call themselves EuroCity.
Although Haparanda has a boat harbour, it is not accessible for larger vessels and is not, as often thought, the Baltic Sea's northernmost port, that honor most probably belonging to Töre further west on the Swedish coast.
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[edit] External links
- Haparanda - Tornio Official Tourism Site
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