Sodankylä is a town and municipality of Finland. This is a list of towns in 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. ...

It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 9,373 (2003) and covers an area of 12,416.81 km² of which 643.81 km² is water. The population density is 0.8 inhabitants per km². The municipality has two official languages: Finnish and Northern Sami. 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 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Northern Saami (also, Sámi or Sami, formerly Lapp) can be divided into a three major dialect groups: Torne, Finnmark and Sea Saami. ...

Since 1986 Sodankylä has been home to the Midnight Sun Film Festival (Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat).

The Jaeger Brigade of the Finnish Army is located in Sodankylä. The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ...

External links

• Information page (http://www.sodankyla.fi/english.php) (in English)
• Midnight Sun Film Festival (http://www.msfilmfestival.fi/fpage.php)