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Kilpisjärvi
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Kilpisjärvi (; ) is a village in the municipality of Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland. It is located in Finland's northwestern "arm" near the northwesternmost point of the country.
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Place details
- Locality
- Enontekiö
- Region
- Lappi
- Country
- Suomi / Finland
- Population
- 114
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Saana 3.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kilpisjärvi village seen from Saana fell.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Finland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lapland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Enontekiö
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 114
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EEST
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Enontekiö
- Body of water
- Kilpisjärvi
- Image
- Saana 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kilpisjärvi
- postal code
- 99490
- native label
- Kilpisjärvi
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- 2015 school fire
- Climate
- References
- External links
Kilpisjärvi (; ) is a village in the municipality of Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland. It is located in Finland's northwestern "arm" near the northwesternmost point of the country.
Although Kilpisjärvi is one of the largest villages in Enontekiö, it is still quite small. In 2000 its population was recorded as 114. Like most Sami villages, Kilpisjärvi is built mainly around one major road, Käsivarrentie, or the "Arm Road" and Neljäntuulentie, or the "Four Winds' Road" — also known as E8. Near Kilpisjärvi is the highest point of Finnish road network, at an elevation of 565.8 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kilpisjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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