Salmiyarvi
Sign in to saveSalmiyarvi (; ; ) is a rural locality (a Posyolok) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 70 m above sea level.
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It is catalogued under the topic Rural localities in Murmansk Oblast.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Russian rural locality.en_name
- Salmiyarvi
- Russian rural locality.ru_name
- Сальмиярви
- Russian rural locality.image_skyline
- Вид_на_северо-запад._2011_г._-_panoramio.jpg
- Russian rural locality.image_caption
- Lake , seen from the east towards Norway. The strait between Kuetsjarvi and Svanevatn, with Salmiyarvi on the northern shore, is seen in the middle of the picture.
- Russian rural locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian rural locality.mapframe
- yes
- Russian rural locality.mapframe zoom
- 12
- Russian rural locality.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Russian rural locality.mapframe marker
- town
- Russian rural locality.federal_subject
- Murmansk Oblast
- Russian rural locality.adm_district_jur
- Pechengsky District
- Russian rural locality.inhabloc_cat
- Rural locality
- Russian rural locality.inhabloc_type
- Posyolok
- Russian rural locality.area_km2_ref
- <!--
- Russian rural locality.pop_2010census
- 71
- Russian rural locality.established_date
- 1957
- Russian rural locality.established_title
- Founded
- Russian rural locality.current_cat_date
- May 2010
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- postal code
- 184420
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Salmiyarvi (; ; ) is a rural locality (a Posyolok) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 70 m above sea level.
The original Russian name for the settlement was Chalmozero (), under which name it was first mentioned in 1876 as a village populated by 29 Finnish families, with nine Sámi families living in its surroundings. In 1918, the village was populated by about 160 Finns and 35 Sámi people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salmiyarvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.