Haaparanta

Haaparanta is a railway station in Nedertorneå socken, Nedertorneå-Haparanda, Norrbotten County. Haaparanta is situated nearby to Haparanda railway station, as well as near the prison Anstalten Haparanda.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Haparanda railway station and Anstalten Haparanda.

Haparanda railway station

Railway station

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Haparanda station is a railway station in Haparanda, Sweden. It is the eastern terminus of the Haparanda Line, connecting it with Kalix, Luleå, and Boden.

Anstalten Haparanda

Prison

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Anstalten Haparanda is a prison, which is situated 340 metres northwest of Haaparanta.

Haparanda Church

Church

Photo: Estormiz, Public domain.

Haparanda Church is situated 680 metres northwest of Haaparanta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haparanda and Tornio.

Haparanda

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Haparanda is a city in Norrbotten, at Sweden's easternmost point. The Finnish town of Tornio is just across the Torne River. It is a great gateway to the wild north of Scandinavia.

Tornio is a city in Finnish Lapland, by the border to Sweden. Tornio is mostly a summer destination or a place to visit for extensive shopping. While it may be a good place to view the northern lights, many things are closed during the winter – without necessarily being advertised as such.

Marielund

Suburb

Marielund is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,726 inhabitants in 2010. It was built as a suburb to Haparanda in the 1970s and then got the name Mattila after a small village in the neighbourhood. Marielund is situated 3 km north of Haaparanta.

Haaparanta

Type: Railway station
Category: transportation
Location: Nedertorneå socken, Nedertorneå-Haparanda, Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

65.8281° or 65° 49′ 41″ north

Longitude

24.1311° or 24° 7′ 52″ east

Elevation

16 metres (52 feet)

Open location code

9GQ6R4HJ+6C

GeoNames ID

11978534

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Finnish: “Haaparanta”

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