Editing Arjeplog

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{{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>

== History ==
The name, first recorded in 1636 as the name of the [[Sámi peoples|Sami]] village and in 1640 as the church and marketplace, is a Swedish adaptation of ''Árjepluovve''.<ref>"Arieploo" – Länsräkenskaper 1631–1820, Norrlands län 1635: Mantalslängd för Pite lappmark 1636, fol. 195. Riksarkivet, Stockholm.</ref><ref>"AriePlogh" – Bergskollegii arkiv: Registratur 1640 under d. 22 juli, fol. 117. Riksarkivet, Stockholm.</ref> The suffix is ''pluovve'', meaning 'wet marsh,' while the prefix contains the genitive of (''h'')''árijje'', meaning 'ridge'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Svenskt ortnamnslexikon {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/962181095 |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref>

Arjeplog is known for, among other things, "the Lapland doctor" Einar Wallquist's creation, the Silver Museum, which was inaugurated in 1965. Arjeplog is a church village in the Arjeplog parish that, when the 1862 municipal reform was implemented in Lapland, formed Arjeplog Rural Municipality in 1874. The Rural Municipality was, in 1971, transformed without changes into [[Arjeplog Municipality]] with Arjeplog as the central locality.

==Climate==
Arjeplog has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Dfc]]) typical of northern Sweden. Its winters are somewhat moderated by the mild maritime North [[Atlantic]] air to the west, although they are still very cold, long and snowy. Summers are short but can occasionally be warm and they are also very bright due to Arjeplog's position close to the [[Arctic Circle]]. Daylight is sparse in winter, but during summer [[midnight sun]] is present for three weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sunrise-and-sunset.com/en/sun/sweden/arjeplog/2016/june|title=Arjeplog, Sweden; Sunrise and sunset for June 2016|publisher=Sunrise and Sunset.com|accessdate=8 January 2016}}</ref> For an even longer period than that it does not get dark in Arjeplog. The presence of the midnight sun is in spite of Arjeplog being below the Arctic Circle, and is caused by the sun's trajectory not quite dropping below 0° in angle. As it is below the line Arjeplog does not experience complete lack of daylight during the winter solstice, but it is limited to less than three hours.

Arjeplog is located on the lake of [[Hornavan]], that freezes over every winter due to the cold temperatures, whereas the lake temperatures remain cool also in summer.

{{Weather box
|location = Arjeplog; 2002–2018 averages; extremes since 1945
|collapsed = 
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 8.0
|Feb record high C = 7.2
|Mar record high C = 11.2
|Apr record high C = 16.3
|May record high C = 26.9
|Jun record high C = 31.5
|Jul record high C = 30.5
|Aug record high C = 27.8
|Sep record high C = 23.8
|Oct record high C = 15.8
|Nov record high C = 9.6
|Dec record high C = 8.2
|year record high C = 31.5
|Jan avg record high C = 2.2
|Feb avg record high C = 3.4
|Mar avg record high C = 5.7
|Apr avg record high C = 11.3
|May avg record high C = 20.1
|Jun avg record high C = 23.6
|Jul avg record high C = 24.7
|Aug avg record high C = 23.4
|Sep avg record high C = 17.9
|Oct avg record high C = 10.4
|Nov avg record high C = 4.7
|Dec avg record high C = 3.5
|year avg record high C = 26.0
|Jan high C = -7.8
|Feb high C = -6.2
|Mar high C = -1.4
|Apr high C = 4.3
|May high C = 10.6
|Jun high C = 15.5
|Jul high C = 19.2
|Aug high C = 16.8
|Sep high C = 11.3
|Oct high C = 3.6
|Nov high C = -2.4
|Dec high C = -5.0
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C = -12.1
|Feb mean C = -10.6
|Mar mean C = -6.3
|Apr mean C = -0.3
|May mean C = 5.8
|Jun mean C = 10.9
|Jul mean C = 14.6
|Aug mean C = 12.5
|Sep mean C = 7.7
|Oct mean C = 0.9
|Nov mean C = -5.5
|Dec mean C = -9.0
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = -16.4
|Feb low C = -15.0
|Mar low C = -11.1
|Apr low C = -4.8
|May low C = 1.0
|Jun low C = 6.3
|Jul low C = 9.9
|Aug low C = 8.2
|Sep low C = 4.1
|Oct low C = -1.9
|Nov low C = -8.5
|Dec low C = -12.9
|year low C = 
|Jan avg record low C = -31.1
|Feb avg record low C = -30.1
|Mar avg record low C = -24.9
|Apr avg record low C = -15.4
|May avg record low C = -5.2
|Jun avg record low C = 0.7
|Jul avg record low C = 4.1
|Aug avg record low C = 2.0
|Sep avg record low C = -2.5
|Oct avg record low C = -9.9
|Nov avg record low C = -20.4
|Dec avg record low C = -27.5
|year avg record low C = -33.6
|Jan record low C = -41.8
|Feb record low C = -41.5
|Mar record low C = -37.1
|Apr record low C = -27.8
|May record low C = -14.5
|Jun record low C = -3.0
|Jul record low C = 0.0
|Aug record low C = -2.0
|Sep record low C = -7.2
|Oct record low C = -22.9
|Nov record low C = -34.0
|Dec record low C = -42.2
|year record low C = -42.2
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 35.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 27.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 25.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 25.4
|May precipitation mm = 36.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 54.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 84.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 69.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 52.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 40.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 38.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 40.2
|year precipitation mm = 
|source 1 = SMHI Open Data<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.smhi.se/data/meteorologi/ladda-ner-meteorologiska-observationer/#param=precipitationMonthlySum,stations=all,stationid=167710
|title = SMHI Öppen Data för Arjeplog |language = sv
| publisher =[[Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute]] (Arjeplog code 16 771 ) }}</ref>
|source 2 = SMHI climate data 2002–2018<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/temperatur/2.1240
 |title        = Yearly & Monthly statistics
 |language     = sv
 |publisher    = SMHI
 |date         = 9 June 2019
|access-date  = 27 February 2015
|archive-date = 2 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190502092934/http://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/temperatur/2.1240
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>}}

== See also ==
* [[Hornavan]]
* [[Hornavanskolan]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Municipal seats of Norrbotten County]]
[[Category:Swedish municipal seats]]
[[Category:Road test tracks]]
[[Category:Populated lakeshore places in Sweden]]
[[Category:Populated places in Arjeplog Municipality]]
[[Category:Lapland (Sweden)]]


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