Norrland
Norrbotten County
Jokkmokk Municipality

Porjus

Porjus is a railway station in , .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Norrbotten County, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Porjus railway station” and “Porjus station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porjus Hydroelectric Power Station and Porjus kyrka.

Power station
Photo: Dove SV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porjus power station is one of the oldest and largest power plants in , situated near . It was built 1910-1915 and has a power of 480 MW. Besides three-phase AC, the plant originally also generated single phase 15 Hz AC for railway traction and hence, two single-phase 80 kV power lines ran along the Iron Ore Line Malmbanan where it was transformed down to 16 kV in substations. is situated 1½ km southwest of Porjus.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Porjus.

Chapel
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is a chapel, which is situated 3 km southwest of Porjus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porjus.

Village
Photo: Dove SV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality situated in , , with 328 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically it is situated by the shores of at 499 meter height.

Porjus

Latitude
66.96591° or 66° 57′ 57″ north
Longitude
19.82931° or 19° 49′ 46″ east
Open location code
9FRXXR8H+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 128742223
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q101283209
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Porjus” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Porjus Station”
  • French: “gare de Porjus”
  • French: “Porjus”
  • Swedish: “Porjus”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Porjus flygfält and Porjus Biblioteket.

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