Vittangi | |
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 Vittangi welcome sign in July 2015 | |
  Vittangi  Vittangi | |
| Coordinates: 67°40′N 21°38′E / 67.667°N 21.633°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Lapland |
| County | Norrbotten County |
| Municipality | Kiruna Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 784 |
| • Density | 346/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Vittangi (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvɪ̌tːaŋɡɪ];[2] Meänkieli: Vittanki; Northern Sámi: Vazáš) is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 784 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
The village of Vittangi was founded in 1674 by Henrik Mickelsson Kyrö from Pello.
The locality is very notable because it houses a cluster of people exhibiting congenital insensitivity to pain.
In February 1985, Vittangi recorded the coldest month ever in Scandinavia, with a mean of −27.2 °C.
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 27.