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Pelkosenniemi
Pelkosnjargâ | |
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Municipality | |
| Pelkosenniemen kunta Pelkosenniemi kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pelkosenniemi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 67°06.5′N 027°31′E / 67.1083°N 27.517°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Eastern Lapland |
| Charter | 1916 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Pertti Severinkangas |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,881.58 km2 (726.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,836.38 km2 (709.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 32nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 916 |
| • Rank | 299th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 0.5/km2 (1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98% (official) |
| • Others | 2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 9.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.5% |
| • 65 or older | 37.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.pelkosenniemi.fi |
Pelkosenniemi (Inari Sami: Pelkosnjargâ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 916 (31 October 2024),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Lapland in terms of population. It covers an area of 1,881.58 square kilometres (726.48 sq mi) of which 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Kemijärvi, Rovaniemi, Salla, Savukoski and Sodankylä.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish and in 2000 was the last remaining municipality in Finland to have its entire population consist of native speakers of Finnish. As of 2010 there were two native speakers of other languages in Pelkosenniemi.
Pelkosenniemi hosts a popular mosquito swatting competition.[5]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ C.G. (11 October 2017). "Explaining the Finnish love of tango". The Economist.