Pelkosenniemi

Pelkosenniemi
Municipality
Pelkosenniemen kunta
Pelkosenniemi kommun
Pelkosenniemi Church

Coat of arms

Location of Pelkosenniemi in Finland
Coordinates: 67°06.5′N 027°31′E / 67.1083°N 27.517°E / 67.1083; 27.517Coordinates: 67°06.5′N 027°31′E / 67.1083°N 27.517°E / 67.1083; 27.517
Country  Finland
Region Lapland
Sub-region Eastern Lapland sub-region
Charter 1916
Government
 • Municipal manager Pertti Severinkangas
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,881.58 km2 (726.48 sq mi)
 • Land 1,836.33 km2 (709.01 sq mi)
 • Water 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi)
Area rank 32nd largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 950
 • Rank 301st largest in Finland
 • Density 0.52/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.8% (official)
 • Sami 0.1%
 • Others 0.1%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 9.8%
 • 15 to 64 64.8%
 • 65 or older 25.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.5%
Website www.pelkosenniemi.fi

Pelkosenniemi (Inari Sami: Pelkosnjargâ) is a municipality of Finland.

Pelkosenniemi is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 950 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 1,881.58 square kilometres (726.48 sq mi) of which 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) is water.[1] 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.

Pelkosenniemi hosts a popular mosquito swatting competition.[6]

Trivia

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ C.G. (11 October 2017). "Explaining the Finnish love of tango". The Economist.

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