Haparanda Municipality

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Haparanda Municipality
Haparanda kommun
Municipality
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Haparanda Hotel to the left, and the City Hall
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 65°50′N24°08′E / 65.833°N 24.133°E / 65.833; 24.133
Country Sweden
County Norrbotten County
Seat Haparanda
Area
[1]
 • 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 2021) [2]
 • Total9,496
 • Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Norrbotten
Municipal code 2583
Website www.haparanda.se

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).

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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
1 Haparanda 4,778
2 Marielund 1,865
3 Seskarö 498
4 Nikkala 447
5 Karungi 232

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Haparanda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. [7]

Haparanda has a high degree of people of foreign background since records were kept in 2002, mainly a result of cross-border connections with Tornio and Finland. In total there were 6,198 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. [7] 47.7% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Twin towns – sister cities

Haparanda is twinned with:

See also

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Haparanda is a locality and the seat of Haparanda Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. It is adjacent to Tornio, Finland. Haparanda had a population of 4,856 in 2010, out of a municipal total of 10,200 inhabitants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haparanda Archipelago National Park</span>

Haparanda Archipelago National Park is a national park in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bothnian Bay</span> Bay in the northern Bothnian Sea

The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers has been removed, and within 2,000 years the bay will be a large freshwater lake since its link to the south Kvarken is mostly less than 20 metres (66 ft) deep. The bay today is fed by several large rivers, and is relatively unaffected by tides, so has low salinity. It freezes each year for up to six months. Compared to other parts of the Baltic it has little plant or animal life.

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The Luleå archipelago is a group of Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia. They lie offshore from the city of Luleå and the mouth of the Lule River. A few of the islands have small permanent populations, but most are used only for recreation in the summer months. They are icebound during the winter.

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The Kalix archipelago is a group of 792 Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia. The largest island in the Kalix archipelago is Rånön. A few of the islands have small permanent populations, but most are used only for recreation in the summer months. They are icebound during the winter.

The Piteå archipelago is a group of Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia, at Piteå in the southeast of Norrbotten County. A few of the islands have small permanent populations, but most are used only for recreation in the summer months. They are icebound during the winter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haparanda archipelago</span> Group of 792 Swedish islands

The Haparanda archipelago is a group of 792 Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia. The islands are used for recreation in the summer months. They are icebound during the winter.

Hanhinkari is an island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bothnian Bay, in the Haparanda archipelago.

Stora Hepokari is an island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bothnian Bay, in the Haparanda archipelago.

Skomakaren is an island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bothnian Bay, in the Haparanda archipelago.

Stora Hamnskär is an island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bothnian Bay, in the Haparanda archipelago.

Torne-Furö is an island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bothnian Bay, in the Haparanda archipelago.

Granön is an island in the north of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Kalix archipelago.

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 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  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
  7. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Haparanda i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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