Country Finland Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Sunday 2:17 AM | Charter 1916 Municipal tax rate 20.5% Region Lapland | |
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Sub-region Eastern Lapland sub-region Area rank 32nd largest in Finland Weather -2°C, Wind S at 19 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
Pelkosenniemi (Inari Sami: Pelkosnjargâ) is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 98500 Pelkosenniemi, Finland
Pelkosenniemi is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 962 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,836.17 square kilometres (708.95 sq mi) of which 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) is water. The population density is 0.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi). 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.
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Pelkosenniemi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA