Pelkosenniemi
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| Pelkosenniemen kunta | ||
| Pelkosenniemi Church
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Eastern Lapland sub-region | |
| Charter | 1916 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Erkki Parkkinen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,881.73 km2 (726.54 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,836.33 km2 (709.01 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 46th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 962 | |
| • Rank | 322nd 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 | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| 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 962 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,881.73 square kilometres (726.54 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.
Trivia
- Andy McCoy, formerly Antti Hulkko, lead guitarist of Hanoi Rocks, was born in Pelkosenniemi.
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pelkosenniemi – Official website
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