 It had 7,299 inhabitants in 2005, out of 17,300 inhabitants in the municipality of Kalix.There is a culinary speciality specific to Kalix, called Kalix Löjrom, also referred to as caviar of Kalix.It is basically fish eggs (caviar) of the Common bleak, but because of the large influx of fresh water from the huge rivers around and in Kalix, this has transformed the taste of the fish eggs, rendering them unique in flavour to this area alone.