Tärendö is a small locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 in Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 with 208 inhabitants in 2000. It is located at the Kalix River

Kalix River

The Kalix River is one of the four major rivers of Norrland, northern Sweden, that are untouched by water power...

 and the bifurcation

River bifurcation

River bifurcation occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams which continue downstream. Some rivers form complex networks of distributaries, especially in their deltas...

 Tärendö River

Tärendö River

The Tärendö River , is a small tributary river to the Kalix River in Norrbotten, Sweden.It is the second largest bifurcation in the world ....

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The village was probably founded around year 1620. The largest employer today is the saw mill. The nearest airports are Pajala Airport

Pajala Airport

-Airlines and destinations:-Ground transport:The distance to Pajala is 15 km. Taxi and rental cars are available. The bus no 46 Gällivare-Pajala stops at the main road near the airport, however only twice per day.-History:...

, 28 km away and Gällivare Airport

Gällivare Airport

Gällivare Airport is located about 7 km east from Gällivare, Sweden and about 10 km from Malmberget, Sweden.The airport was originally a military facility with an 800 metre airstrip. The airstrip was extended to 1 350 metres before being opened to regular civilian flights on April 19, 1971...

, 101 km away.

A well known person from Tärendö is the Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing Charlotte Kalla

Charlotte Kalla

Charlotte Kalla is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec...

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