Salla
Municipality in Lapland, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Finland. For other uses, see Salla (disambiguation).
Salla (Kuolajärvi until 1936) (Inari Sami: Kyelijävri) is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,344 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 5,873.08 square kilometres (2,267.61 sq mi) of which 142.73 km2 (55.11 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 0.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.5/sq mi).
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Salla
Kyelijävri | |
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Municipality | |
Sallan kunta Salla kommun | |
Coordinates: 66°50′N 028°40′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Lapland |
Sub-region | Eastern Lapland |
Charter | 1857 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Erkki Parkkinen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 5,873.08 km2 (2,267.61 sq mi) |
• Land | 5,729.81 km2 (2,212.29 sq mi) |
• Water | 142.73 km2 (55.11 sq mi) |
• Rank | 7th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,344 |
• Rank | 207th largest in Finland |
• Density | 0.58/km2 (1.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Sami | 0.1% |
• Others | 3.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 8.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 52% |
• 65 or older | 39.3% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
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The nearby settlement of Sallatunturi is home to the Salla Ski Resort.