Country Sweden County Norrbotten County Area 4.67 km² Local time Saturday 11:02 PM | Province Lapland Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 4,635 (31 Dec 2010) | |
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Municipality Arvidsjaur Municipality Weather -15°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
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Arvidsjaur (Northern Sami: Árviesjávrrie) is a locality and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 4,635 inhabitants in 2010.
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- Lappstaden in arvidsjaur laponian area sweden
- Map of Arvidsjaur Sweden
- Sport
- Transport
- Climate
- References
Map of Arvidsjaur, Sweden
Arvidsjaur is a center for the European car industry. During the winter months, major car-manufacturers perform arctic trials in the Arvidsjaur Municipality. The town also fosters tourism by offering snowmobile tours, trekking, skiing, fishing and dogsled rides. If things go to plan, Arvidsjaur will be the location of the front legs of the world's biggest moose – Stoorn – a tourist attraction to be built from Arvidsjaur to Skellefteå in Västerbotten.
Sport
The following sports clubs are in Arvidsjaur:
Transport
Arvidsjaur has established rail and road networks, and also has an airport, with daily flights to Stockholm, and seasonal ones to destinations in Germany. The railway Inlandsbanan has only tourist trains in the summer. There are buses to Gällivare, Östersund, Skellefteå, Piteå, Luleå and more local places.
Climate
Arvidsjaur has a subarctic climate that is dominated by the long winters and briefly interrupted by moderately warm but very bright summers due to its northerly latitude.