Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokk Municipality (Swedish: Jokkmokks kommun, Finnish: Jokimukan kunta, Northern Sami: Johkamohkki gielda, Meänkieli: Jokinmukka) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Jokkmokk.
Jokkmokk Municipality
Jokkmokks kommun | |
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Municipality | |
Jokkmokk Municipal Building | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 66°37′N 19°50′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Norrbotten County |
| Seat | Jokkmokk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19,334.44 km2 (7,465.07 sq mi) |
| • Land | 17,614.32 km2 (6,800.93 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,720.12 km2 (664.14 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023) | |
| • Total | 4,728 |
| • Density | 0.24/km2 (0.63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| International area code | +46 |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Lapland |
| Municipal code | 2510 |
| Website | www |
The name Jokkmokk is Sami for the words "river" and "bend", since the town is situated close to a bend in the nearby river.
The municipality is the second largest in area of all Swedish municipalities and is, with an area of 19,477 km2 (approximately 7,520 square miles) slightly smaller than Slovenia or the US state of New Jersey. It has never been amalgamated with another entity, having been that large ever since municipalities were established in Sweden in 1863.
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