Pelkosenniemi

Pelkosenniemi (Inari Sami: Pelkosnjargâ) is a municipality of Finland.

Pelkosenniemi
Municipality
Pelkosenniemen kunta
Pelkosenniemi kommun
Pelkosenniemi Church
Coat of arms
Location of Pelkosenniemi in Finland
Coordinates: 67°06.5′N 027°31′E
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionEastern Lapland sub-region
Charter1916
Government
 • Municipal managerPertti Severinkangas
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,881.58 km2 (726.48 sq mi)
 • Land1,836.33 km2 (709.01 sq mi)
 • Water45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi)
Area rank32nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total946
 • Rank299th largest in Finland
 • Density0.52/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.8% (official)
 • Sami0.1%
 • Others0.1%
Population by age
 • 0 to 149.8%
 • 15 to 6464.8%
 • 65 or older25.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.5%
Websitewww.pelkosenniemi.fi

Pelkosenniemi is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 946 (31 July 2020),[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 0.52 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.[6]

Trivia

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. C.G. (11 October 2017). "Explaining the Finnish love of tango". The Economist.

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