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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.1511,Lat: 65.8592
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	20:54:21pm
Name province/region	Norrbottens län
Name Subregion	Kalix

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rolfs	1.7 km	SouthWest
2 Bredviken	4.5 km	SouthEast
3 Gammelgården	5.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Risögrund	6.9 km	SouthEast
5 Nyborg	8.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	641 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	722 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	774 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tornionjoki coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Aapajärvi (2.3 km² at a height of around 57 meter above sea level) at a distance of 51.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 42.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Norrbotten

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 463 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Luleå Airport (at a distance of 59 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.5 km2

54.1%

Nature

5.3 km2

6.7%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

Agriculture

7.8 km2

9.9%

Urban area

9.5 km2

12.1%

Water - Lakes

9.1 km2

11.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kalix in country Sweden

Kalix at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	57 km	SouthWest
2 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	297 km	South
3 Laponian Area	Sweden	299 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Strkansberget	SE	5.8 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kalix
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kalix

Type of weather in Kalix	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	17 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	03:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam