Gällivare Municipality

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**Gällivare Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Image:Gällivare Municipality.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Gällivare.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Gällivare:
	67° 07´ N 20° 45´ E
	County	Norrbotten County
	Province	Swedish Lapland
	Area Rank	15,825 km² 3rd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	19,204 124th of 290
	Density	1.2/km²

This page deals with both Gällivare Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Gällivare

Gällivare Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Gällivare with 8,400 inhabitants. Gällivare is situated at the northern end of the Inlandsbanan railway line, just about 100km north of the arctic circle.

Adjacent to the town Gällivare is Malmberget, population 5,500, known as a site for iron ore extraction from deep mines by LKAB. The third largest municipal town is Koskullskulle with 1,000 inhabitants.

Outside Gällivare, the ski-resort Dundret is located. The ski-resort is equipped with six lifts and ten groomed slopes along with a conference center and hotell named "Björnfällan". The ski season stretches from the end of october all the way into early may.

The largest sports association in Gällivare is Gällivare Sportklubb (GSK). GSK´s colors are red and white.

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