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Gällivare ( or , ) is a town (pop. 8,500) in Lapland, Sweden and the seat of Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality

G?llivare Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in G?llivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities....
, Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to V?sterbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia....
. Together with nearby towns Malmberget
Malmberget

Malmberget is a mining town in G?llivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden . It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is situated 5 km from the municipal seat G?llivare....
 and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation
Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
 with nearly 16,000 inhabitants.

Gällivare is situated at the northern end of the Inlandsbanan
Inlandsbanan

The Inland Railway is a Sweden railway line between Kristinehamn and G?llivare, a stretch of about 1300 kilometres. It runs through the central parts of northern Sweden, and was built between 1908 and 1937....
 railway line, just about 100 km north of the Arctic Circle.

Gällivare is the central place for the Firstborn Laestadian
The Firstborn Laestadianism

Firstborn Laestadians are a subgroup within Laestadianism. The "Firstborn" are known for their traditionalism and their Conservative Christianity pietistic ideals, and they seek to avoid "worldly pleasures"....
 movement. It will be the host town for the 2008 VIVA World Cup
2008 VIVA World Cup

The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for Association football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania national football team, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy....
.

Gällivare is twinned with Barga
Barga

Barga is a medieval town and comune of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" of the Serchio....
 in Tuscany
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

inhabitants of Gällivare have a remarkably high incidence of congenital insensitivity to pain
Congenital insensitivity to pain

Congenital insensitivity to pain , also known as congenital analgia, congenital analgesia and congenital pain insensitivity, is one or more rare conditions where a person cannot feel physical pain....
, an extremely rare disease in that it prevents the sensation of pain, heat and cold.






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Gällivare ( or , ) is a town (pop. 8,500) in Lapland, Sweden and the seat of Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality

G?llivare Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in G?llivare.The municipality is the third largest in Sweden, but it has not been amalgamated with other entities....
, Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is a Counties of Sweden or l?n in the extreme north of Sweden. It borders to V?sterbotten County and the Gulf of Bothnia....
. Together with nearby towns Malmberget
Malmberget

Malmberget is a mining town in G?llivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, northern Sweden . It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is situated 5 km from the municipal seat G?llivare....
 and Koskullskulle it forms a conurbation
Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
 with nearly 16,000 inhabitants.

Gällivare is situated at the northern end of the Inlandsbanan
Inlandsbanan

The Inland Railway is a Sweden railway line between Kristinehamn and G?llivare, a stretch of about 1300 kilometres. It runs through the central parts of northern Sweden, and was built between 1908 and 1937....
 railway line, just about 100 km north of the Arctic Circle.

Gällivare is the central place for the Firstborn Laestadian
The Firstborn Laestadianism

Firstborn Laestadians are a subgroup within Laestadianism. The "Firstborn" are known for their traditionalism and their Conservative Christianity pietistic ideals, and they seek to avoid "worldly pleasures"....
 movement. It will be the host town for the 2008 VIVA World Cup
2008 VIVA World Cup

The 2008 VIVA World Cup was the second VIVA World Cup, an international tournament for Association football, that took place in July 2008. The winners were Padania national football team, who took home the Nelson Mandela Trophy....
.

Gällivare is twinned with Barga
Barga

Barga is a medieval town and comune of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10,000 people and is the chief town of the "Media Valle" of the Serchio....
 in Tuscany
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

High incidence of congenital insensitivity to pain

The inhabitants of Gällivare have a remarkably high incidence of congenital insensitivity to pain
Congenital insensitivity to pain

Congenital insensitivity to pain , also known as congenital analgia, congenital analgesia and congenital pain insensitivity, is one or more rare conditions where a person cannot feel physical pain....
, an extremely rare disease in that it prevents the sensation of pain, heat and cold. There have been nearly 40 reported cases in Gällivare.