The 21 municipalities of the Lapland Region (Finnish: Lappi; Northern Sami: Sápmi; Swedish: Lappland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions: Kemijärvi...
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northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the Finnish region of North Ostrobothnia...
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is the largest municipality by area in Finland. Located in Lapland, it covers an area of 17,333.65 square kilometres (6,692.56 sq mi), of which 2,281.41 km2...
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Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland (Northern Sami: Sápmi, Finnish: Lappi, Latin: Lapponia), is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders...
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Rovaniemi (redirect from Rovaniemi, Finland)
centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Peräpohjola. The city centre is situated about 6 kilometres (4 miles) south of the...
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Sodankylä (redirect from Sodankylä, Lapland, Finland)
neighbouring municipalities are Inari, Kemijärvi, Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, Rovaniemi, and Savukoski. The municipality has two official languages: Finnish and Northern...
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municipality located in the province of Lapland, Finland, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the Swedish border. The municipality has a population of 2...
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Enontekiö (redirect from Arm of Finland)
is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. 1,800 inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies...
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Ranua (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,578 (31 August 2024) and covers an area of 3...
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Tornio (redirect from Torne, Finland)
Tornio (Finnish: [ˈtornio]; Swedish: Torneå; Northern Sami: Duortnus [ˈtuo̯rtnuːs]; Inari Sami: Tuárnus) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The...
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World War II, the Lapland War (Finnish: Lapin sota; Swedish: Lapplandskriget; German: Lapplandkrieg) saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany –...
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Kolari (redirect from Kolari, Finland)
region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,930 (31 August 2024) and covers an area of 2,617.87 square kilometres (1,010.77 sq mi) of which...
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Pello (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
municipality of Finland. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the Arctic Circle in the western part of the province of Lapland,...
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Kemijärvi (redirect from History of Kemijärvi)
Ǩeeʹmmjäuʹrr) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Eastern Lapland sub-region. The first permanent settler inhabitant of Kemijärvi was Paavali...
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Pelkosenniemi (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
Sami: Pelkosnjargâ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 913 (31 August 2024), which...
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Salla (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
Kyelijävri) is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,288 (31 August 2024) and covers an area of 5,873.08 square...
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The Province of Lapland (Finnish: Lapin lääni, Swedish: Lapplands län) was a province of Finland from 1938 to 2009. It was established in 1938, when it...
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Tervola (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
Tervola is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 2,825 (31 August 2024) and...
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Kemi (redirect from Kemi, Finland)
after Finland signed the Moscow Armistice and found itself involved in the Lapland War against its former German ally, German forces at the beginning of October...
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Utsjoki (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
municipality in Finland, the northernmost in the country. It is in Lapland and borders Norway as well as the municipality of Inari. The municipality was founded...
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Posio (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 2,888 (31 August 2024) and covers an area of 3...
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Kittilä (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
Kihttel) is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort. It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland region....
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Savukoski (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
Suõvvkuõškk) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 971 (31 August 2024)...
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Ylitornio (redirect from Övertorneå, Finland)
a municipality of Sweden "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018. "Finland's preliminary...
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Muonio (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
lies within the area of the former Lappi (Lapland) province in the Fell Lapland subregion. The next closest Finnish municipalities are Enontekiö to the...
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Central Finland to Pirkanmaa. Municipalities of Lapland Regions of Northern Finland Regions of Eastern Finland Regions of Western and Central Finland Regions...
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Keminmaa (category Municipalities of Lapland (Finland))
near the towns of Kemi and Tornio in the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 7,630 (31 August 2024) and covers an area of 647.24 square...
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The municipalities (Finnish: kunta; Swedish: kommun) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing...
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Fell Lapland is a subdivision of Finnish Lapland and one of the Sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:...
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Ostrobothnia. Of the 310 Finnish municipalities, 16 are monolingually Swedish. 33 municipalities are bilingually Finnish and Swedish; of these, 15 have...
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