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Salla

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Also known as Kuolajärvi

Salla, known as Kuolajärvi until 1936, is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Salla
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Salla Center 8849-Pano-5.jpg
Settlement.image_shield
Salla.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Salla sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Salla in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lapland
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Eastern Lapland
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name
Erkki Parkkinen
Settlement.established_title
Charter
Settlement.established_date
1857
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+02:00

via Wikipedia infobox

Research organization · ROR

Type
Government
Founded
1938
Location
Salla, Finland
Status
Active

GRID grid.460495.a

Wikidata facts

Instance of
border city
Official name
Sallan kunta
Country
Finland
Located in
Oulu Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
3344
Area
142.59
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Kuusamo
Official website
www.salla.fi/en
Image
Salla Center 8849-Pano-5.jpg
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twinned administrative body
Arjeplog Municipality
Commons category
Salla
topic's main category
Category:Salla
inception
1857-01-01
different from
Salla
associated electoral district
Lapland
located in the statistical territorial entity
Eastern Lapland sub-region
native label
Salla
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Transportation
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Note
  • Historical places
  • In popular culture
  • References
  • External links

Salla, known as Kuolajärvi until 1936, is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

The nearby settlement of Sallatunturi is home to the Salla Ski Resort.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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