Nattavaara

66°45′14″N 20°57′01″E / 66.7538°N 20.9502°E / 66.7538; 20.9502

Nattavaara
CountrySweden
ProvinceSwedish Lapland
CountyNorrbotten
MunicipalityGällivare
Elevation
320 m (1,050 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total114

Nattavaara is a minor locality in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County in the province of Lapland in Sweden. The settlement had a permanent population of 114 as of the year 2015.[1] Nattavaara is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) by road south of municipal seat Gällivare.[2] That is also the nearest urban area, with Jokkmokk being slightly further away to the southwest. The only paved roads are to the north and the east, whereas the Jokkmokk road transitions into a gravel road just west of the village.[3]

The settlement has a station on the rail line between Stockholm and Narvik in Nordland, Norway.[4] Adjacent to the small village is the even smaller settlement of Nattavaara by.

  1. ^ "Småorter 2015" (in Swedish). Statistiska Centralbyrån. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Distance Nattavaara, Gällivare, SWE → Gällivare, SWE". Distance.to. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ "66.75°N, 20.94°E, Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Nattavaara station, Google Maps". Retrieved 14 September 2014.