Muonio
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 Location of Muonio in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 67°57.5′N 023°41′E / 67.9583°N 23.683°ECoordinates: 67°57.5′N 023°41′E / 67.9583°N 23.683°E | ||
| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Fell Lapland sub-region | |
| Charter | 1868 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Aulikki Heinonen | |
| Area (2016-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,904.10 km2 (735.18 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,904.24 km2 (735.23 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 133.91 km2 (51.70 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 31st largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 2,362 | |
| • Rank | 253rd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 1.24/km2 (3.2/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.1% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.6% | |
| • Sami | 0.2% | |
| • Others | 2.2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 65% | |
| • 65 or older | 19.4% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% | |
| Website | www.muonio.fi | |
Muonio (previously called Muonionniska, Northern Sami: Muoná) is a municipality of Finland.
The town is located in far northern Finland above the Arctic Circle on the country's western border, within the area of the former Lappi (Lapland) province.[6] The municipality has a population of 2,362 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,904.10 square kilometres (735.18 sq mi) of which 133.91 km2 (51.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). The next closest Finnish municipalities are Enontekiö, Kittilä, and Kolari; and to the west is Sweden's Pajala. On the south side of town, a road bridge crosses the Muonio River, linking Muonio to northern Norrbotten County, Sweden. Muonio is good base for exploring the many things to do in the area and is on the E8 highway which goes north to Kilpisjärvi.
Muonio is known as the municipality with the longest snow season in Finland. For that reason its vocational college has a top ski class that attracts aspiring cross-country ski champions from all over Finland.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish, unlike many towns on the Finland-Sweden border.
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Villages[edit]
The villages in Muonio include Ylimuonio, Kangosjärvi, Kätkäsuvanto, Kihlanki, and Särkijärvi.
Politics[edit]
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Muonio:
- Centre Party 27.5%
- National Coalition Party 23.2%
- True Finns 16.4%
- Social Democratic Party 15.9%
- Left Alliance 9.8%
- Green League 3.0%
- Christian Democrats 2.4%
- Swedish People's Party 1.5%
- Other parties 0.3%
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Population density by area 1.1.2016". Statistics Finland. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland'/id/3724/Finland/Lapland/Muonio/s PX-Web databases/i. Statistics Finlandspan class=reference-accessdate. Retrieved span class=nowrap28 April/span 2009/span./citespan title=ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=infosid/en.wikipedia.orgMuonio&rft.atitle=Population+according+to+age+and+gender+by+area+as+of+31+December+2008&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Statistics+Finland's+PX-Web+databases&rft_id=http/pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.aspma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=/Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi&rft_val_fmt=infoofi/fmtkevmtxjournal class=Z3988span style=displaynone;&'s ski resorts and the Lapland super pass
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