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The 21 municipalities of the Lapland Region (Finnish: Lappi; Northern Sami: Sápmi; Swedish: Lappland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions:
The biggest towns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional capital), Tornio, and Kemi. In 2011, Lapland had a population of 183,320 of whom 177,950 spoke Finnish, 1,526 spoke Sami, 387 spoke Swedish and 3,467 spoke some other languages as their mother tongue. [37] Of the Sami languages, Northern Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami are spoken in the ...
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
Pages in category "Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rovaniemi is also considered by Finns to be the official home town of Santa Claus. [41] [42] [43] It is home to the Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle and SantaPark Arctic World, which is located 8 km (5 mi) north of the centre. Directly across the river from the town is the Ounasvaara ski centre. [44]
The largest municipalities in size are found in Lapland, of which the largest is Inari at 17,333.65 km 2 (6,692.56 sq mi) (130 km square). The smallest municipalities are very small towns. Kaskinen is an independent town with a land area of only 10.49 km 2 (4.05 sq mi).
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