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Haparanda Municipality is a municipality
Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 Counties of Sweden ....
 in 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....
 in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. Its seat is located in Haparanda
Haparanda

Haparanda is a cities in Sweden in Norrbotten, northern Sweden, and the seat of Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland....
 .

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
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
") for the whole territory, including the non-urban parts.

weden, Haparanda Municipality borders Övertorneå Municipality
Övertorneå Municipality

?vertorne? Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in ?vertorne?....
 to the north and Kalix Municipality
Kalix Municipality

Kalix Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Kalix.In 1924 T?re Municipality was detached from Nederkalix Municipality, forming a municipality of its own....
 to the west.

Haparanda Municipality is located on the western side of where the Torne River
Torne River

The Torne River , is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. Approximately a half of the river's length is a part of the border between these two countries....
 discharges into the Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Bothnia

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the ?land, between the Sea of ?land and the Archipelago Sea....
.






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Haparanda Municipality is a municipality
Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 Counties of Sweden ....
 in 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....
 in northern Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. Its seat is located in Haparanda
Haparanda

Haparanda is a cities in Sweden in Norrbotten, northern Sweden, and the seat of Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland....
 .

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
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
") for the whole territory, including the non-urban parts.

Geography

In Sweden, Haparanda Municipality borders Övertorneå Municipality
Övertorneå Municipality

?vertorne? Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in ?vertorne?....
 to the north and Kalix Municipality
Kalix Municipality

Kalix Municipality is a municipalities of Sweden in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Kalix.In 1924 T?re Municipality was detached from Nederkalix Municipality, forming a municipality of its own....
 to the west.

Haparanda Municipality is located on the western side of where the Torne River
Torne River

The Torne River , is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. Approximately a half of the river's length is a part of the border between these two countries....
 discharges into the Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Bothnia

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the ?land, between the Sea of ?land and the Archipelago Sea....
. On the other side of the river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 lies the Finnish
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 town Tornio
Tornio

Tornio is a municipalities of Finland in Lapland, Finland, Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....
 (Swedish: Torneå). Haparanda and Tornio jointly call themselves "EuroCity".

Although Haparanda has a boat
Boat

A boat is a watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water, and provide transport over it. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas....
 harbor
Harbor

A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural....
, it is not accessible for larger vessels and is not, as often thought, the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
's northernmost port, that honor most probably belonging to Töre
Töre

T?re is a village in Kalix municipality in Norrbotten, Sweden. Its harbour is the northernmost of the Bothnian Bay that is accessible to commercial vessels. The European route E10 passes through T?re....
 further west on the Swedish coast
Coast

The coast is defined as that part of the land adjoining or near the ocean or its saltwater arms. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides....
.

Localities

There are five localities
Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English language translation of the Swedish language term t?tort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality....
 (or urban areas) in Haparanda Municipality:

# Locality Population
1 Haparanda
Haparanda

Haparanda is a cities in Sweden in Norrbotten, northern Sweden, and the seat of Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland....
 		 4,778
2 Marielund 1,865
3 Seskarö 498
4 Nikkala
Nikkala

Nikkala is a urban areas of Sweden with 447 inhabitants situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden.References ...
 		 447
5 Karungi 232


The municipal seat in bold
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Sister cities

Haparanda Municipality has four sister cities
Town twinning

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:
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    Hammerfest
    Hammerfest

    is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Finnmark Counties of Norway, Norway. The municipality encompasses parts of three islands: Kval?ya, Finnmark, S?r?ya, and Seiland....
    , Norway
    Norway

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  • Flag of Denmark
    Ikast, Denmark
    Denmark

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  • Flag of Russia
    Kovdor
    Kovdor

    Kovdor is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 20,867 . Carbonatite mine is located near the town....
    , Russia
    Russia

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  • Flag of Lithuania
    Širvintos
    Širvintos

    ?irvintos is a List of cities in Lithuania in Vilnius County in the eastern part of Lithuania. It is the administrative center of the ?irvintos district municipality....
    , Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....


See also

  • Sweden Finns
    Sweden Finns

    Sweden Finns are a Finnish language speaking minority in Sweden. The Finnish-speaking Swedes are not to be confused with the Swedish speaking Finland-Swedish in Finland....
  • Meänkieli
    Meänkieli

    Me?nkieli is a Finno-Ugric language spoken in the most northern parts of Sweden, around the valley of the Torne River. From a linguistic point of view Me?nkieli is a mutually intelligible dialect of Finnish language, but for political and historical reasons it has the status of a minority language in Sweden....


External links

  • - Official site
  • - Official tourism site