Hemavan ( South Sami: Bïerke) is a

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situated in

Storuman Municipality Storuman Municipality (; sma, Luspie tjïelte; sju, Lusspie kommuvnna) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Storuman. The parish Stensele was created as late as 1822. It was, together with the par ...

Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...

( Lapland), Sweden with 222 inhabitants in 2010. It is located on

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. During the winter months Hemavan caters to many tourists, mainly from Sweden and the neighbouring countries of

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and

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. Hemavan also has the Hemavan Airport, with one flight per day 6 days of the week to and from Stockholm-Arlanda. Hemavan is the starting point of the

Kungsleden Kungsleden (King's Trail) is a hiking trail in northern Sweden, approximately long, between Abisko in the north and Hemavan in the south. It passes through, near the southern end, the Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve, one of the largest protec ...

trail.

Climate

Hemavan has a subarctic climate (

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''Dfc'') with cold winters and mild summers. Due to North Atlantic low-pressure systems dominating winter months, Hemavan receives sizeable amounts of snow in winter and the cover usually thaws in May.

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Hemavan & Tärnaby
{{Authority control Populated places in Västerbotten County Populated places in Storuman Municipality Ski areas and resorts in Sweden

Climate

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