Place:Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden

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NameKiruna
Alt namesKirunasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates67.85°N 20.217°E
Located inNorrbotten, Sweden
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Malmberget
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kiruna Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna. It is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and at is Sweden's geographically largest covering roughly 4.604% of its total area and the municipality has a similar area as Slovenia and Wales.

Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami have the official status of being minority languages in the municipality.

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