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  Arjeplog Municipality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arjeplog Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden, where Arjeplog is the seat with 2,000 inhabitants.
Arjeplog municipality consists of a terrain dominated by the Scandinavian mountain range and many water areas.
The Skellefte River attaches south from lake Hornavan, and extends south-east to Skellefteå and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east coast.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arjeplog   (588 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Arjeplog Municipality
Jokkmokk is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
Arjeplog Municipality is a (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality in (Click link for more info and facts about Norrbotten County) Norrbotten County, in northern (A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) Sweden, where Arjeplog is the seat.
Arjeplog municipality consists of a terrain dominated by mountains and water.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arjeplog-Municipality   (856 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Municipalities of Sweden
Municipal government in Sweden belong to the The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government).
Unlike cities, which are municipal corporations with a degree of sovereignty granted by the state, counties have no powers of their own but merely exercise powers of state government that have assigned to their jurisdiction, either by the state constitution or the state legislature.
Metropolitan municipalities are consolidated city and county governments, which simultaneously operate as administrative divisions of and subordinate to state power and as municipal corporations that exercise whatever degree of sovereignty the state government or constitution confers upon them.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Municipalities-of-Sweden   (1024 words)

  
 Station Information - Haparanda
Haparanda is a municipality in northern Sweden, in the county of Norrbotten.
The municipality covers an area of 918.3 km².
It borders to the Finnish municipality of Torneå.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/haparanda.html   (60 words)

  
 Arjeplog
Arjeplog is a municipality in northern Sweden, in the county of Norrbotten.
The municipality covers an area of 12945.0 km².
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ar/Arjeplog.html   (64 words)

  
 SUNET's Web Index: Municipalities
Municipality of Grums - The municipality of Grums is strategically situated by lake Vänern, where E18 and national highway 45 meet.
Municipality of Leksand - A town of living traditions - folk costumes, painting, churchboat rowing and, of course, the midsummer festivities centered around the maypole which you can see standing in the centre of every village all year round.
Municipality of Mariestad - The pearl of lake Vanern.
katalogen.sunet.se /cat/government/municipalities   (1224 words)

  
 The community of Arjeplog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Municipality of Arjeplog is situated around the arctic circle in the north of Sweden.
Arjeplog is very well known due to the first doctor working here from 1922-62, Einar Wallquist author of about 40 books, artist and founder of the famous ”Silvermuseum”.
In 1995 Arjeplog Municipality had 3699 inhabitants, 2200 of these living in the township the rest in rural areas and small villages.
hem.passagen.se /snaps/arjinfo.htm   (399 words)

  
 Minority languages of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a minority language, a Sami language may be used in government agencies, courts, preschools and nursing homes in the municipalities where it is most common: Arjeplog, Gällivare, Jokkmokk and Kiruna and its immediate neighbourhood.
Meänkieli or Tornedalian language is spoken by a population in northern Sweden.
Finnish and Meänkieli can be used in the northernmost municipalities of Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala and Övertorneå and its immediate neighbourhood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minority_languages_of_Sweden   (781 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Norrbotten County
Luleå; Municipality (listen,) is a Swedish municipality in northern Sweden where the city Luleå; is seat with a population of about 45,000.
Boden is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
Haparanda is a Municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Norrbotten-County   (605 words)

  
 Arjeplog Municipality - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Arjeplog Municipality - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Arjeplog Municipality contains research on
Arjeplog Municipality, Geography, History, Silver, Resource, See also, External links, Municipalities of Sweden, Municipalities of Norrbotten County and Sami language municipalities.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Arjeplog   (611 words)

  
 Gällivare Municipality - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Gällivare Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
The third largest municipal town is Koskullskulle with 1,000 inhabitants.
Gällivare Municipality, See also, External links, Municipalities of Sweden, Municipalities of Norrbotten County, Meänkieli language municipalities and Sami language municipalities.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/G%E4llivare   (198 words)

  
 Swedish Winter Test Region
In terms of size, the municipality is Sweden's fourth largest, almost 13,000 km2, and is populated by approximately 3,250 people, barely 0.3 per km2.
Nowadays, Arjeplog is a modern society with a well-developed infrastructure and excellent communications, including fibre-based broadband, and is approximately 1 hour by car from the international airport.
This was the start of the activities that turned Arjeplog into a hub for the region, which is the world's leading centre in vehicle and component testing in cold climates.
www.swedishwintertestregion.se /arjeplog_eng.htm   (465 words)

  
 HORNAVAN : Encyclopedia Entry
It is located in Arjeplog Municipality in the province of Swedish Lapland, administratively known as Norrbotten County.
It is situated among the Scandinavian mountain range, at a height of 425 meters.
All waters in Arjeplog Municipality is actually drinkable.
bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Hornavan   (240 words)

  
 CEFIC Award 1996 : Second prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The economic significance of the Laisvall leadmine, Europe's largest, to Arjeplog prompted students at the local school to study the mine's operation and its effects on the community.
Arjeplog is a municipality roughly the size of Belgium, located on the Arctic Circle in the Swedish Lapland.
The Laisvall mine, operated by Boliden AB, is located 45 km from Arjeplog and produces approximately 87,000 tons of lead a year, as well as silver and zinc.
www.cefic.org /activities/science-edu/award/96/96aw2nd.htm   (387 words)

  
 Experiences from Project Tingsbacka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In this house were all municipal and governmental authorities to be housed.
Arjeplog is a large Municipality with few inhabitants, situated in the middle of Swedish Lapland on the arctic circle.
The Danish municipalities were therefore ”first on the field” in this kind of development and much of the basic methods they’ve used are still valid.
www.locregis.net /Helsinki/thurs/jansson/jansson.htm   (2310 words)

  
 100 Million SEK to Arjeplog- evaluation of an action program for regional development.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Consequently a committee, Arjeplog-gruppen, was established whose task was to coordinate efforts for regional development in the municipality of Arjeplog.
In cooperation with the Government, the municipality of Arjeplog, local trade and industry and local organizations, Arjeplog-gruppen was expected to initiate and urge efforts in order to create alternative employment and to put the problem of a decreasing population right.
The objective of this study is to investigate the outcome in Arjeplog as a result of the activities of Arjeplog-gruppen.
www.humangeo.su.se /eng/publications/abstracts/2053.htm   (272 words)

  
 aeiouy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Parish in Lilla Edets Municipality, Älvsborgs County, Sweden
Parish in Göteborgs Municipality, Göteborg and Bohus County, Sweden
Parish in Sotenäs Municipality, Göteborg and Bohus County, Sweden
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 The Arjeplog model
The municipality of Arjeplog, Sweden, is an example of extensive and successful community participation in the aims of health promotion.
The three most important health problems in the municipality has been women leaving the community, divorces and that the lead mine after 50 years of good work now is closing down in a couple of years due to lack of lead and bad world market prices.
Since 15 years, we in Arjeplog have tried to strengthen the autonomy of the elderly through community participation, and we have tried to get people to cope with their social, mental and physical situation.
hem.passagen.se /snaps/arjloc.htm   (5586 words)

  
 Boden Municipality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Boden Municipality (Finn: Puuti) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
The army and the municipality are the two largest employers in Boden.
As the militiry is continously disarming, with the five regiments united into one garrison (I. 19), the population has decreased with 2,000 people in the last 10 years.
www.firebird.cn /wiki/Boden_Municipality   (449 words)

  
 Sami languages
There Skolt Samis, which inhabited the Petsamo area, were resettled to the municipality of Inari in Finland after its annexation by the Soviet Union in 1944.
The Sami languages belong to the Finno-Ugric languages group.
Skolt Sami (Näätämö and the Nellim-Keväjärvi districts, Inari municipality, Finland, also spoken in Russia, previously in Norway) SIL code: LPK, ISO 639-2: smi
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sami_languages.html   (520 words)

  
 Övertorneå Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Övertorneå is a municipality in northern Sweden, in the county of Norrbotten.
The municipality covers an area of 2374.0 km².
See also: Torneå - a municipality in Finland
www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/o/ov/overtornea.html   (62 words)

  
 Kalix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kalix Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden.
The chalice on the coat of arms was present in the Nederkalix coat of arms in 1800, and incorporated into Kalix Municipality in 1989.
On March 25, 1809, Kalix was the location of the capitulation of the Swedish Army in the Finnish war.
www.firebird.cn /wiki/Kalix   (134 words)

  
 Arjeplog Municipality
Arjeplog Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden, where Arjeplog is the seat.
It has a total population of 3,384 and a population density of 0.3 inhabitants per km².
The city itself has a population of 2,000.
www.kiwipedia.com /arjeplog-municipality.html   (72 words)

  
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Arjeplog is a beautiful natural eldorado for those interested in hunting.
Arjeplog offers small game hunting on many fine hunting grounds.
For further information on hunting in Arjeplog Municipality get in touch with Arjeplog Lappland, tel.
www.arjeploglappland.se /Engelska/jakt_eng.html   (105 words)

  
 About Sweden: Municipalities
An official cite of the municipality (local authority).
This municipality obviously like to play hide and seek with the visitors, but you will find information in English under the heading ‘Turistinformation’.
A municipality that likes to play hide and seek with the visitors.
www.aboutsweden.net /Municipalities/index.html   (706 words)

  
 math lessons - Minority languages of Sweden
The Sami language, spoken by some 7,000 people in Sweden, may be used in government agencies, courts, preschools and nursing homes in the municipalities of Arjeplog, Gällivare, Jokkmokk and Kiruna and its immediate neighbourhood.
Similarly, Finnish and Meänkieli can be used in the municipalities of Gällivare, Haparanda, Kiruna, Pajala and Övertorneå and its immediate neighbourhood.
Romany and Yiddish have the position of "historical minority languages" throughout the country, and thus the Swedish state acknowledges a certain obligation to preserve them.
www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Minority_languages_in_Sweden   (164 words)

  
 Miekak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But if we have decided to use this powerful engine in the best ecological way as we can, it is to make you discover a fantastic remote area and experience the life within nature.
We are situated in Arjeplog municipality, one of the largest in Sweden.
Our area gathers a lot of water and we live surrounded by the mountains.
www.safeinherit.net /GreenTourismNet/Companies/Miekak/miekak-en.htm   (314 words)

  
 Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce of USA, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During an afternoon hosted by Arjeplog Test Center in cooperation with the Polhem Laboratory, numerous attendees learned how the long and cold winters have turned into a success story.
Stefan Oscarsen, Managing Director of Argentis is happy to hear this, as vehicle testing is the largest business in Arjeplog, with a yearly turnover of approximately 350 million kronor.
Activities carried out by the organization are financed by the municipalities thus, Etableringsservice is able to offer its services at no cost to (potential) investors.
www.sacc-usa.org /1_news.html   (14062 words)

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