Gunnarn
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State : | Sweden | |||
Province (län): | Västerbotten County | |||
Historical Province (landskap): | Lapland | |||
Municipality : | Storuman | |||
Coordinates : | 65 ° 0 ′ N , 17 ° 41 ′ E | |||
SCB code : | S9735 | |||
Status: | Småort | |||
Residents : | 176 (December 31, 2015) | |||
Area : | 0.72 km² | |||
Population density : | 244 inhabitants / km² |
Gunnarn ( Umesamisch Viertá ) is a village ( småort ) in the municipality of Storuman in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Lapland .
The main town of the same name, Storuman , is about 30 kilometers away. Halfway there, the village of Barsele is passed. Gunnarn has a train station on the Hällnäs – Storuman railway line , but there are no longer any passenger trains on this line. Storuman Airport is located in the municipality about five kilometers south of Gunnarn .
In 1732 Carl von Linné spent some time in Gunnarn. The place was called Bastuträsk until 1897 - not to be confused with the place Bastuträsk in the municipality of Norsjö - and with over 200 inhabitants it fell into the category of crime until 2005 .