Arvidsjaur

Arvidsjaur (Swedish: [ˈǎrːvɪdsjaʊr];[2] Ume Sami: Árviesjávrrie) is a locality and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 4,635 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Arvidsjaur

Árviesjávrrie
Arvidsjaur Church
Arvidsjaur
Arvidsjaur
Coordinates: 65°35′N 19°10′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceLapland
CountyNorrbotten County
MunicipalityArvidsjaur Municipality
Area
 • Total4.67 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total4,635
 • Density993/km2 (2,570/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

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.

Climate data for Arvidsjaur (temperatures 2002-2015; precipitation 1961-1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −6.9
(19.6)		 −5.4
(22.3)		 −0.7
(30.7)		 4.9
(40.8)		 11.4
(52.5)		 16.4
(61.5)		 19.8
(67.6)		 17.8
(64.0)		 11.8
(53.2)		 3.9
(39.0)		 −1.8
(28.8)		 −4.6
(23.7)		 5.5
(41.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −11.3
(11.7)		 −9.9
(14.2)		 −5.7
(21.7)		 0.3
(32.5)		 6.4
(43.5)		 11.6
(52.9)		 15.5
(59.9)		 13.1
(55.6)		 7.8
(46.0)		 0.9
(33.6)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 −8.6
(16.5)		 1.2
(34.2)
Average low °C (°F) −15.3
(4.5)		 −14.5
(5.9)		 −10.7
(12.7)		 −4.2
(24.4)		 1.4
(34.5)		 6.7
(44.1)		 10.2
(50.4)		 8.4
(47.1)		 3.9
(39.0)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 −8.4
(16.9)		 −12.6
(9.3)		 −3.1
(26.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 35
(1.4)		 26
(1.0)		 27
(1.1)		 27
(1.1)		 38
(1.5)		 49
(1.9)		 80
(3.1)		 76
(3.0)		 55
(2.2)		 42
(1.7)		 43
(1.7)		 36
(1.4)		 534
(21.1)
Average precipitation days 18 15 14 12 11 13 16 16 16 16 17 18 182
Source 1: [3]
Source 2: [4]
gollark: Yes, that is the likely result of assigning people to different locations based on gender.
gollark: If they can add separate playgrounds somehow, it would also be possible to increase the size of existing playgrounds, or add extra non-gender-specific ones.
gollark: Well, this seems like a terrible "solution".
gollark: You didn't say why.
gollark: Who is "they"?

See also

References
  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 4.
  3. "Arvidsjaur Climate Guide". Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. "Monthly & Yearly Statistics (2002-2015)". SMHI. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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