Arvidsjaur (Northern Sami: Árviesjávrrie) is a locality and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 4,635 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Arvidsjaur is a center for the European car industry. During the winter months, major car-manufacturers perform arctic trials in the Arvidsjaur Municipality. The town also fosters tourism by offering snowmobile tours, trekking, skiing, fishing and dogsled rides. If things go to plan, Arvidsjaur will be the stead of the front legs of the world's biggest moose – Stoorn – a tourist attraction to be built from Arvidsjaur to Skellefteå in Västerbotten.
The town is also the birth place of the video game character Mattias Nilsson from Mercenaries.
The following sports clubs are in Arvidsjaur:
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Arvidsjaur has established rail and road networks, and also has an airport, with daily flights to Stockholm, and seasonal ones to destinations in Europe.
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