Morjärv

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Morjärv
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Morjärv
Morjärv
Localization of Norrbotten in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Norrbotten County
Historical Province (landskap): Norrbotten
Municipality  : Kalix
Coordinates : 66 ° 4 ′  N , 22 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 66 ° 4 ′  N , 22 ° 42 ′  E
SCB code : S9027
Status: Småort
Residents : 185 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 0.76 km²
Population density : 243 inhabitants / km²

Morjärv is a place ( Småort ) in the Swedish province of Norrbotten County , in the historical province (landskap) Norrbotten .

location

Morjärv belongs to the municipality of Kalix and within this since January 1, 2016 to the district of Töre, named after the parish (socken) with its seat in Töre just under 20 km south . The place is about 60 km as the crow flies northeast of the provincial capital Luleå and 30 km northwest of Kalix . It is located on the right bank of the Kalixälven river , which flows through the Morjärvträsket and Kamlungträsket lakes and overcomes the two-meter difference in altitude between the lakes with the Forsbodforsen rapids .

The Swedish place name is derived from the Tornedal-Finnish name form Morajärvi , which means something like ' gravel lake'.

  • Morjärv train station

  • Morjärv Church

traffic

The European route 10 runs through the village from Luleå via Gällivare and Kiruna to Norway ( Narvik  - Å ). Provincial road Länsväg 356 branches off in a westerly direction via Niemisel to Boden .

In Morjärv there is a train station on the Boden – Haparanda (Haparandabanen) railway line , the construction of which at the beginning of the 20th century provided a decisive impetus for the development of the place. Since 1961 a branch line branched off there to Kalix and Karlsborg , which was integrated into the new route of the railway line to Haparanda opened in 2012 ; the original line from Morjärv via Karungi was subsequently closed. The place itself has lost over two thirds of its population since the 1950s (656 inhabitants in 1960). In 2015 the population fell below 200, so that Morjärv lost the status of a crime scene .

Attractions

There is a wooden church built in 1929 in Morjärv. It was created according to a design by the well-known architect Torben Grut and was financed entirely by the patron Lotty Bruzelius, daughter of the entrepreneur Johan Carl Kempe and widow of the doctor Magnus Ragnar Bruzelius .

Sons and daughters of the place

Web links

Commons : Morjärv  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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