Haparanda

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Haparanda is a small Swedish town on the border with Finland, known as a key cross-border trading hub and the easternmost town in Sweden.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Haparanda canonical 21
Haparanda Municipality 3
Haparanda-Tornio urban area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
urban area in Sweden
areaCode +46 922
borderWith Finland
connectedBy European route E4
European route E8
country Sweden
distanceTo approximately 100 km south of the Arctic Circle
approximately 125 km east of Luleå
governedAs municipal council seat
hasBorderCrossingWith Tornio
hasBorderType Schengen internal border
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasDemonym Haparandabo
hasEconomicActivity cross-border services
logistics and transport
retail trade
hasLocalGovernment Haparanda municipal council
hasMinorityLanguage Finnish
Meänkieli
hasMunicipalSeatOf Haparanda Municipality
hasNotableFeature IKEA store serving both Swedish and Finnish markets
cross-border shopping center with Tornio
hasPopulationCharacteristic small town
hasRole cross-border trading hub
hasTransportFacility Haparanda railway station
historicalRole important transit point between Sweden and Russia during World War I
isEasternmostTownOf Sweden
latitude approximately 65.84° N
locatedIn Haparanda Municipality
Lapland
Norrbotten County
locatedInCountrySubdivision province of Norrbotten
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedNear Tornio–Haparanda twin city area
locatedOn Gulf of Bothnia
locatedOnRiver Torne River
longitude approximately 24.13° E
nearCurrencyBorderWith euro area (Finland)
officialLanguage Swedish
partOf Swedish–Finnish border region
partOfTransnationalRegion Bothnian Arc
postalCodePrefix 953
railConnectedTo Luleå
Tornio
twinTownWith Tornio
usesCurrency Swedish krona

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European route E4 passesThrough Haparanda
Tornionjoki flowsThrough Haparanda
Tornio bordersWith Haparanda
Tornio hasTwinTown Haparanda
Seskarö locatedIn Haparanda Municipality
linked to: Haparanda
Seskarö administrativeTerritoryOf Haparanda Municipality
linked to: Haparanda
Torne River flowsThrough Haparanda
Torne River hasMouthNear Haparanda
Norrbotten County contains Haparanda Municipality
linked to: Haparanda
Norrbotten County contains Haparanda
Tornedalen containsTown Haparanda
Tornedalen hasImportantCityPair Haparanda–Tornio
linked to: Haparanda
Kemi-Tornio crossesBorderWith Haparanda
Kemi-Tornio near Haparanda-Tornio urban area
linked to: Haparanda
E4 terminusNorth Haparanda
Haparanda Line terminus Haparanda
Haparanda Line connectsCity Haparanda
Port of Tornio locatedNear Haparanda
Port of Tornio nearbyCity Haparanda
E4 motorway connects Haparanda
E4 motorway terminus Haparanda
Torne älv hasMouthNear Haparanda