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Vittangi

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Country
  
Sweden

County
  
Norrbotten County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:18 PM

Province
  
Lapland

Municipality
  
Kiruna Municipality

Area
  
227 ha

Population
  
784 (31 Dec 2010)

Vittangi

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 60% Humidity

Vittangi is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 784 inhabitants in 2010.

Map of 980 10 Vittangi, Sweden

The locality is very notable because it houses a cluster of people exhibiting congenital analgesia, an otherwise extremely rare condition involving the inability to feel pain. In February 1985, Vittangi recorded the coldest month ever in Scandinavia, with a mean of −27.2 °C.

References

Vittangi Wikipedia