Karesuando
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State : | Sweden | |||
Province (län): | Norrbotten County | |||
Historical Province (landskap): | Lapland | |||
Municipality : | Kiruna | |||
Coordinates : | 68 ° 26 ' N , 22 ° 29' E | |||
SCB code : | 8664 | |||
Status: | Crime scene | |||
Residents : | 280 (December 31, 2015) | |||
Area : | 0.74 km² | |||
Population density : | 378 inhabitants / km² | |||
Height : | 331 m above sea level | |||
List of perpetrators in Norrbotten County |
Karesuando ( Finnish : Karesuvanto , Sami : Gárasavvon ) is a place ( tätort ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Lapland . It is located about 300 km north of the Arctic Circle in the municipality of Kiruna .
The small town is located directly on the Muonio River , which also forms a natural border with Finland . The Swedish part of Karesuando is connected to the Finnish part of Karesuvanto (140 inhabitants, 450 together) on the opposite side of the river via a bridge. In Karesuando - Sweden's northernmost crime scene - the European route 45 begins , Sweden's longest trunk road, which connects to the European route 8 in the neighboring Finnish municipality .
Sweden's northernmost church is in Karesuando. It was built in 1816, almost completely collapsed in 1866 and was rebuilt in 1905. The church was last renovated in 1953–1954.
Climate table
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Karesuando
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Personalities
- Max Andersson (* 1962), comic artist