Official Name: | Klimpfjäll |
Other Name: | Klimhpe el. Klimhpese |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Vilhelmina Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Västerbotten County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Lapland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0,49 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2005 |
Population Total: | 132 |
Population Density Km2: | 271 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 65.0667°N 60°W |
Klimpfjäll (Southern Sami language: Klimhpe el. Klimhpese) is a village located in Vilhelmina Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden, about 20 km from the border to Norway and 120 km from Vilhelmina. Until the end of the 1980s, the village was a mining community and the population was well above 500. Following the closing of the mining, it declined to about 100 inhabitants in 2013.
In the village there are several small companies focusing on tourism. During the wintertime many choose to visit Klimpfjäll for snowmobiling, snowboarding, skiing and ice fishing. There is a slalom slope located in the village with various levels of difficulty on the slopes, one for smaller kids and an additional 13 slopes for the more experienced skier.
The village has a hotel and one shop besides from the slalom slope. There are various tracks for snow mobilers and in the summer multiple mountains to climb.