Thanks, Pooh and Orlok! It's nice to be missed.
Apart from a lingering cough, I've almost bounced back.
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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Certainly.
#1 Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
#2 Kiruna, Sweden
#3 La Tuque, Quebec, Canada 25,000 sqkm
#4 Jokkmokk, Sweden 19,000 sqkm
#5 Gällivare, Sweden 17,000 sqkm
In other words municipalities tends to grow large in area where there is little population to sustain them.
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I've also been to Jokkmokk and Gällivare! I've a photograph of me shivering in a swimming pool at a campsite in Gällivare. I shoud've guessed those two as well as Kiruna.
It was an interesting question, Kumabjorn. New Zealand has some large municipalities, notably Auckland at c. 5,000 sq km, but nothing in the league of those five (and Auckland does have 1.5 million people to put in those 5,000 sq km).