Zone:Karesuando
| Karesuando | |
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 Picture taken by TortugaVeloz | |
| Information | |
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| Location | Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden |
| Surface | Grass |
| Created | 2018-06-03 12:28:00 |
| Karesuando at Turfgame.com | |
Karesuando is a turfzone in the municipality of Kiruna in the region of Norrbotten in Sweden. The zone is located in the historical province of Lapland.
Placement[edit]
This zone is placed by shore of the Muonio (river) in the village of Karesuando.
Karesuando[edit]
Karesuando (Finnish: Kaaresuvanto or Karesuvanto; Sami: Karesuanto, Gárasavvon or Karasavvon) is the northernmost locality in Sweden. It is situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 303 inhabitants in 2010 and 350 in 2011.
It is a church village, located alongside the Muonio River on the border with Finland.
The Finnish village of Karesuvanto (population about 140) is located on the Finnish side of the river. According to Finnish tradition, they are one and the same village (with a combined population of about 470), but are usually considered to be separate villages since there is a national border between them (although both are called Karesuvanto in Finnish).
The village's buildings were built in 1670, when Måns Mårtensson Karesuando, called "Hyvä Maunu Martinpoika" in Finnish and "Good Maunu, Son of Martin" in English, bought land from Sami Henrik Nilsson Nikkas. The Lutheran vicar and botanist Lars Levi Laestadius served in Karesuando from 1826 to 1849. It was here that he founded the revivalist movement known to this day as Laestadianism.
The area is traditionally Finnish speaking, and the border was drawn for political reasons in 1809, not because of any cultural or any other border existing at that time. There was not even a parish border, so Karesuando Church was built because the older church was on the Finnish side. School and church influences have since resulted in cultural and linguistic differences.
Karesuando is located along the European route E45, and is the northern terminus of national road 99.
Galleri[edit]
Picture taken by TortugaVeloz
Nearby zones[edit]
- Karesuandozon
(to the east) - LaestadiPörte
(to the southwest) - Gränssnitt (to the west)
