Pelkosenniemi is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
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It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 1,180 (2003) and covers an area of 1,880.38 km² of which 36.12 km² is water. The population density is 0.6 inhabitants per km². Image File history File links Finnish_map_with_Pelkosenniemi_highlighted. ... Image File history File links Finnish_map_with_Pelkosenniemi_highlighted. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of Lapland, which spans over four countries. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Pelkosenniemi in the east part of the Finnish Lapland, a small municipality (concerning the number of inhabitants) but a large area and lot of things to see and experience.
Pelkosenniemi är en liten kommun i östra Lappland, omkring 50 km norr om Kemijärvi.
In Pelkosenniemi the people who have opposed the reservoir for thirty years have got along and made a living in the region although burdened by the threat of the reservoir.
The population of Pelkosenniemi: 2751 in 1962, 1569 in 1982 after which a slight growth for two or three years.
The high officials of Pelkosenniemi have always been in the "PRO"-party exerting a lot of power at the local level.
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