Rautas is a village in
Kiruna municipality
Kiruna Municipality (; ; ; ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Kiruna. It is the northernmost municipality in Sweden, and at is Sweden's geograph ...
,
Norrbotten
Norrbotten (), sometimes called North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
Administration
The traditional provinces of Swede ...
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Sweden
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It has (2007) 27 inhabitants.
Villages surrounding Kiruna
It is located at the European route E10
European route E10 is the second shortest Class A road which is part of the International E-road network. It begins in Å, Norway, and ends in Luleå, Sweden. The road is about in length. The Norwegian part of the road is also named Kong Ol ...
and Malmbanan
The Iron Ore Line () is a long railway line between Riksgränsen and Boden in Norrbotten County, Sweden, owned by Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). The line also contains two branches, from Kiruna to Svappavaara and from Gà ...
between Kiruna
(; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The c ...
and Narvik
() is the third-largest List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway, by population. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Narvik (town), town of Narvik. Some of the notable villag ...
. Rautas lies on an island, Rávttassuolo, between two branches of the Rautas River
The Rautas River ( Swedish: ''Rautasälven'', Northern Sami: ''Rávttaseatnu'') is an early contributary to the Torne River in Swedish Lapland.
It originates in Rautasjaure (Lake Rautas) in the mountains of northwestern Lapland, at an elevatio ...
. From here a snowmobile trail leads to Rautasjaure.
References
Populated places in Kiruna Municipality
Lapland (Sweden)
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