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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Arjeplog |image_skyline = Arjeplog kyrka-2006-07-2006.JPG |image_caption = [[Arjeplog Church]] |pushpin_map = Sweden Norrbotten#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Sweden |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Arjeplog Municipality]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Sweden|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Norrbotten County]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Lapland (Sweden)|Lapland]] |area_footnotes =<ref name=scb>{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 2.29 |population_as_of = 31 December 2010 |population_footnotes =<ref name=scb /> |population_total = 1,977 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). --> |population_density_km2 = 863 |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|66|03|N|17|53|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = | image_shield = Arjeplog vapen.svg | shield_size = 120x80px }} '''Arjeplog''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈǎrːjɛplʊɡ|lang}};<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0008.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=4}}</ref> [[Pite Sami language|Pite Sami]]: {{lang|sje|Árjepluovve}}) is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Arjeplog Municipality]] in [[Norrbotten County]], [[provinces of Sweden|province]] of [[Lapland, Sweden|Lapland]], Sweden with 1,977 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb /> It is a popular winter test site for the Asian and European car industries and featured on an episode of the British TV show ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]''. Arjeplog has in the past offered families 100,000 [[Swedish krona|kronor]], or individuals 25,000 kronor to move to the town.<ref name="thelocal1">{{cite web |title=Swedish town: 'Go north and claim your reward' |publisher=[[Thelocal.se]] |url=http://www.thelocal.se/20080728/13320 |accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="thelocal2">{{cite web |title=Foreigners tempted by Swedish town's cash incentive |publisher=[[Thelocal.se]] |url= http://www.thelocal.se/20080805/13506 |accessdate=29 December 2014}}</ref>
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