Kittilä
Municipality in Lapland, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kittilä (Northern Sami: Gihttel, Inari Sami: Kittâl, Skolt Sami: Kihttel) is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort.
Kittilä
Gihttel Kittâl Kihttel | |
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Municipality | |
Kittilän kunta Kommunen Kittilä | |
Coordinates: 67°39′N 024°54.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Lapland |
Sub-region | Fell Lapland |
Charter | 1854 |
Government | |
• Municipality manager | Antti Jämsén |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 8,262.97 km2 (3,190.35 sq mi) |
• Land | 8,095.28 km2 (3,125.61 sq mi) |
• Water | 168.71 km2 (65.14 sq mi) |
• Rank | 3rd largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,822 |
• Rank | 135th largest in Finland |
• Density | 0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi) |
• Village | 2,229 |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 94.5% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.4% |
• Sami | 0.4% |
• Others | 4.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 15% |
• 15 to 64 | 63.6% |
• 65 or older | 21.5% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | kittila |
It is located in northern Finland north of the Arctic Circle within the Lapland region. The municipality has a population of 6,822 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 8,262.97 square kilometres (3,190.35 sq mi) of which 168.71 km2 (65.14 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 0.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.2/sq mi).
Kittilä is famous for being the location of the lowest recorded temperature in Finnish history: −51.5 °C (−60.7 °F), measured in January 1999 in Pokka. The "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 29 May to 16 July, and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer, polar night from 14 December to 29 December.