Inari, Finland

Inari
Inari (Finnish)
Aanaar (Inari Sami)
Aanar (Skolt Sami)
Anár (Northern Sami)
Enare (Swedish)
Municipality
Inarin kunta (Finnish)
Aanaar kieldâ (Inari Sami)
Aanar kåʹdd (Skolt Sami)
Anára gielda (Northern Sami)
Enare kommun (Swedish)
The snowy main road 4 (E75) in the Inari village
The snowy main road 4 (E75) in the Inari village
Coat of arms of Inari
Location of Inari in Finland
Location of Inari in Finland
Coordinates: 68°54′18″N 027°01′49″E / 68.90500°N 27.03028°E / 68.90500; 27.03028
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionNorthern Lapland
Charter1876
SeatIvalo
Government
 • Municipal managerTommi Kasurinen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total17,333.65 km2 (6,692.56 sq mi)
 • Land15,060.09 km2 (5,814.73 sq mi)
 • Water2,281.41 km2 (880.86 sq mi)
 • RankLargest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total7,127
 • Rank131st largest in Finland
 • Density0.47/km2 (1.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish87.7% (official)
 • Swedish0.4%
 • Sami6.9%
 • Others5%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1412.1%
 • 15 to 6461%
 • 65 or older26.9%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.inari.fi/en/

Inari (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈinɑri]; Inari Sami: Aanaar; Skolt Sami: Aanar; Northern Sami: Anár [ˈanaːr]; Norwegian and Swedish: Enare) is Finland's largest municipality by area (but one of the most sparsely populated), with four official languages, more than any other in the country. Its major sources of income are tourism, service industry, and cold climate testing. With the Siida museum in the village of Inari, it is a center of Sami culture, widely known as the "capital of Sámi culture".[5][6]

The airport in Ivalo and the country's key north-south European Route E75 (Finland's National Road 4) bring summer and winter vacationers seeking resorts with access to a well-preserved, uncrowded natural environment.

  1. ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ HS: Inarin kirkonkylästä tullut saamelaisten pääkaupunki (in Finnish)
  6. ^ Saamenmaasta, kulttuurista ja mytologiasta – Rantapallo (in Finnish)

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