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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.8153,Lat: 66.9571
Elevation	403 meter above sea level
Local time	3:14:17am
Name province/region (Län)	Norrbottens län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Jokkmokk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jokkmokk	39.5 km	South
2 Gällivare	41.7 km	NorthEast
3 Malmberget	43.5 km	NorthEast
4 Koskullskulle	47.1 km	NorthEast
5 Tjautjas/Cavccas	56.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	799 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	857 km	South
3 Tallinn	Estonia	876 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 167 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Lule main - Medium - Lilla Lule, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Stora Lulevatten (240.3 km² at a height of around 371 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 140 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 196 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 93%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Lappland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 304 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Gällivare Airport (at a distance of 48 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58.9 km2

75.1%

Nature

6.5 km2

8.3%

Wet nature

6.1 km2

7.8%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

5.7 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porjus in country Sweden

Porjus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	107 km	WestNorthWest
2 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	178 km	SouthEast
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	357 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Jelka-Rimakbb	SE	1.6 km	WestSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Norrbotten County

Type of weather in Norrbotten County	light snow
Current temperature:	-8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	988 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	4 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	09:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:44 Europe/Amsterdam