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Norrbotten County

Also known as Norrbottens län

county (län) in Sweden

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Norrbotten County is a county (län) located in Sweden. It is one of Sweden's administrative divisions in the northern part of the country.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: county of Sweden
Official name: Norrbottens län
Country: Sweden
Located in: Sweden
Contains: Luleå Municipality
Capital: Luleå
Official language: Meänkieli
Population: 248927
Area: 6966.52
Elevation: 412
Shares border with: Troms og Finnmark
Highest point: Kebnekaise
Official website: www.lansstyrelsen.se/norrbotten
Image: Vuojatädno river from a bridge along the Padjelantaleden in Stora Sjöfallet National Park (DSCF0941).jpg
Licence plate code: BD

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inception: 1810-05-21
Commons category: Norrbotten County
topic's main category: Category:Norrbotten County
category for people born here: Category:Births in Norrbotten County
category of associated people: Category:People from Norrbotten County
native label: Norrbottena leatna
different from: Norrbotten
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Encyclopedic overview

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares borders with Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast, the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.

The name "Norrbotten" is also used for a province of the same name. Norrbotten province covers only the eastern part of Norrbotten County with the inland mostly belonging to the Swedish Lapland province (Lappland).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norrbotten County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.