Haparanda Municipality

Haparanda Municipality (Swedish: Haparanda kommun), (Finnish: Haaparannan kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Haparanda (Finnish: Haaparanta).

Haparanda Municipality

Haparanda kommun
Municipality
Haparanda Railway Station
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountyNorrbotten County
SeatHaparanda
Area
 • Total1,868.27 km2 (721.34 sq mi)
 • Land922.76 km2 (356.28 sq mi)
 • Water945.51 km2 (365.06 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total9,685
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceNorrbotten
Municipal code2583
Websitewww.haparanda.se

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.

Geography

In Sweden, Haparanda Municipality borders Övertorneå Municipality to the north and Kalix Municipality to the west.

Haparanda Municipality is located on the western side of where the Torne River discharges into the Bay of Bothnia. On the other side of the river lies the Finnish town Tornio (Swedish: Torneå). Haparanda and Tornio jointly call themselves "EuroCity".

Although Haparanda has a boat harbor, 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.

The municipality includes the Haparanda archipelago, with 652 islands in the bay of Bothnia, part of the larger Norrbotten archipelago.[3] The Haparanda Archipelago National Park lies within the Haparanda group of islands. It includes the larger islands of Sandskär and Seskar Furö, and some smaller islands and skerries.[4] Some of the other islands in the Haparanda archipelago include Hanhinkari, Kataja, Seskarö, Skomakaren, Stora Hamnskär, Stora Hepokari and Torne-Furö.[5]

Localities

There are five localities (or urban areas) in Haparanda Municipality:[6]

#LocalityPopulation
1Haparanda4,778
2Marielund1,865
3Seskarö498
4Nikkala447
5Karungi232

The municipal seat in bold

Politics and government

Distribution of the 35 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

Results of the 2010 Swedish general election in Haparanda:

International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

Haparanda Municipality has four sister cities:

See also

References
  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. "About the Bay of Bothnia". Bottenvikens skärgård. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  4. "Haparanda Skärgård National Park". Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  5. "Öar i Haparanda skärgård". bottenviken.se. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  6. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

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