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Vittangi () is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality,
Norrbotten County Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...
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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
with 784 inhabitants in 2010. The village of Vittangi was founded in 1674 by Henrik Mickelsson Kyrö from Pello. The locality is very notable because it houses a cluster of people exhibiting congenital insensitivity to pain. In February 1985, Vittangi recorded the coldest month ever in Scandinavia, with a mean of −27.2 °C.


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{{authority control Populated places in Kiruna Municipality Lapland (Sweden) Populated places in Arctic Sweden Populated places established in 1674