Kurravaara

Kurravaara
Kurravaara
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Norrbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Lapland
Municipality  :	Kiruna
Coordinates :	67 ° 57 ′  N , 20 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 67 ° 57 ′  N , 20 ° 22 ′  E
SCB code :	S9183
Status:	Småort
Residents :	136 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	0.86 km²
Population density :	158 inhabitants / km²
Height :	322  m above sea level

Kurravaara ( meänkieli and Swedish ; North Sami Gurravárri ) is a village ( Småort ) in the northern Swedish part of Lapland and the Tornetal , about 12 km north-northeast of Kiruna and 15 km upstream from Jukkasjärvi .

The place is located between the eponymous mountain (604 m) in the south and Kallovaara in the north in an indentation of the widened Torne älv called Kallojärvi, on the north bank of which is the neighboring village of Piksinranta .

Copper ore was mined here in the past at a geologically interesting interface between different parts of the Baltic Shield . Today the place offers means of transport, accommodation and holiday homes on both sides of the river.

Picture gallery

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  Kurravaara

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  The road Södra vägen in winter

Personalities

• Erik August Larsson (1912–1982), cross-country skier

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorter 2015, byggnader, areal, överlapp tatorter, coordinater (Excel file)