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Pelkosenniemi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in Lapland in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbour municipalities are Kemijärvi, Rovaniemi, Salla, Savukoski and Sodankylä.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Pelkosenniemi
Settlement.other_name
Pelkosnjargâ
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Centre of Pelkosenniemi.JPG
Settlement.image_shield
Pelkosenniemi.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Pelkosenniemi sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Pelkosenniemi in Finland
Settlement.map_caption1
Interactive map outlining Pelkosenniemi.
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lapland
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Eastern Lapland
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name
Pertti Severinkangas
Settlement.established_title
Charter
Settlement.established_date
1916

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Pelkosenniemen kunta
Country
Finland
Located in
Oulu Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
912
Area
45.44
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Salla
Official website
pelkosenniemi.fi
Image
Pelkosenniemenkirkko.jpg
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Commons category
Pelkosenniemi
topic's main category
Category:Pelkosenniemi
inception
1916-01-01
twinned administrative body
Alakurtti
associated electoral district
Lapland
located in the statistical territorial entity
Eastern Lapland sub-region
native label
Pelkosenniemi
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Pelkosenniemi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in Lapland in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pelkosenniemi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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