Vittangi
Encyclopedia
Vittangi is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality
, Norrbotten County
, Sweden
with 789 inhabitants in 2005.
The locality is very notable because it houses a cluster of people suffering from congenital analgesia, an otherwise extremely rare illness.
Kiruna Municipality
Kiruna Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in Kiruna...
, 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 789 inhabitants in 2005.
The locality is very notable because it houses a cluster of people suffering from congenital analgesia, an otherwise extremely rare illness.