Salla is a municipality of Finland and is located in Lapland. The municipality has a population of 4,970 and covers an area of 5,878 km² of which 134.85 km² is water. The population density is 0.8 inhabitants per km². 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. ... 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. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Soviet troops invaded Finland at Salla during the Winter War but were stopped by the Finnish Army (see Battle of Salla). Parts of the municipality were ceded to the Soviet Union after the war. The ceded part is sometimes called "Old Salla" or Vanha Salla. During the Continuation War the old town of Salla was on the Soviet side of the border. The German XXXVI Corps attacked the Soviet positions in an operation code-named Polarfuchs. With the help of the Finnish 6th Division it managed to occupy all of the ceded territories. At the end of the war the German troops were pushed out of Lapland by Finnish troops in the so called Lapland War. The Winter War (also known as the Soviet-Finnish War or the Russo-Finnish War) broke out when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II. As a consequence, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on... The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... The Battle of Salla was fought between Finnish and Soviet troops near Salla in northern Finland during the Winter War. ... The Continuation War was fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during World War II, from the Soviet bombing attacks on June 25, 1941, to cease-fire September 4, 1944 (on the Finnish side) and September 5 (on the Soviet side). ... The XXXVI Corps was a German military formation in World War II. It was formed in October 1939 and took part in the invasion of France. ... The German XXXVI Corps, consisting of both German and Finnish troops, carried out Operation Polarfuchs (in English: Operation Arctic Fox) against Soviet defences at Salla in July 1941. ... The 6th Division () was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Continuation War. ... History -- Military history -- War -- History of Germany -- History of Finland -- World War II The Lapland War is a name used for the hostilities between Finland and Germany between September 1944 and April 1945. ...