Kittilä
Sign in to saveKittilä (; , , ) 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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Key facts
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- Kittilä
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- GihttelKittâlǨiʹttel
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- Municipality
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- Kätkätunturi fell 3 2015.jpg
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- View from the top of Kätkätunturi
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- Kittilä.vaakuna.svg
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- 120x80px
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- Kittilä sijainti Suomi.svg
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- Location of Kittilä in Finland
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- yes
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- 12
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- none
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- Country
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- Region
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- Lapland
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- Sub-region
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- Fell Lapland
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- Municipality manager
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Kittilä (; , , ) 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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Kittilä is famous for being the location of the lowest recorded temperature in Finnish history: , measured in January 1999 in Pokka. The "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 29 May to 16 July, and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer, polar night from 14 December to 29 December.