Marielund

Marielund
Marielund
Coordinates: 65°50′N 24°07′E / 65.833°N 24.117°E / 65.833; 24.117Coordinates: 65°50′N 24°07′E / 65.833°N 24.117°E / 65.833; 24.117
Country	Sweden
Province	Norrbotten
County	Norrbotten County
Municipality	Haparanda Municipality
Area[1]
- Total	1.20 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
- Total	1,865
- Density	1,557/km2 (4,032.6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Marielund is a locality situated in Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,865 inhabitants in 2005.^[1] It was built as a suburb to Haparanda in the 1970s and then got the name Mattila after a small village in the neighbourhood. To avoid confusion, the name was changed to the current one in the 1980s.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005" (in Swedish) (xls). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls. Retrieved 2009-04-16.