Porjus
Porjus is a locality situated in Jokkmokk Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 328 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically it is situated by the shores of Lule River at 499 meter height.Places of Interest
Highlights: Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station and Porjus.
Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
Porjus power station is one of the oldest and largest power plants in Sweden, situated near Porjus.
Porjus
- Type: Village with 240 residents
- Description: urban area in Jokkmokk Municipality, Sweden
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Jokkmokk Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.96008° or 66° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
19.82223° or 19° 49′ 20″ east
Population
240
Elevation
384 metres (1,260 feet)
Open location code
9FRXXR6C+2V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Porjus” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Porjus”
- Catalan: “Porjus”
- Cebuano: “Porjus”
- Chinese: “波爾尤斯”
- Danish: “Porjus”
- Dutch: “Porjus”
- Finnish: “Porjus”
- French: “Porjus”
- German: “Porjus”
- Irish: “Porjus”
- Italian: “Porjus”
- Japanese: “ポリウス (スウェーデン)”
- Ladin: “Porjus”
- Lule Sami: “Bårjås”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Porjus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porjus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porjus”
- Norwegian: “Porjus”
- Polish: “Porjus”
- Russian: “Порьюс”
- Swedish: “Porjus”
- Urdu: “پوریوس”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Västra Strand and Vildmyran.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Porjus Biblioteket and Porjusbacken.
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