Salmiyarvi

Salmiyarvi (; ; ) is a rural locality (a Posyolok) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 70 m above sea level.

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Russian rural locality.en_name: Salmiyarvi
Russian rural locality.ru_name: Сальмиярви
Russian rural locality.image_skyline: Вид_на_северо-запад._2011_г._-_panoramio.jpg
Russian rural locality.image_caption: Lake , seen from the east towards Norway. The strait between Kuetsjarvi and Svanevatn, with Salmiyarvi on the northern shore, is seen in the middle of the picture.
Russian rural locality.map_label_position: right
Russian rural locality.mapframe: yes
Russian rural locality.mapframe zoom: 12
Russian rural locality.mapframe wikidata: yes
Russian rural locality.mapframe marker: town
Russian rural locality.federal_subject: Murmansk Oblast
Russian rural locality.adm_district_jur: Pechengsky District

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Salmiyarvi (; ; ) is a rural locality (a Posyolok) in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic Circle, at a height of 70 m above sea level.

The original Russian name for the settlement was Chalmozero (), under which name it was first mentioned in 1876 as a village populated by 29 Finnish families, with nine Sámi families living in its surroundings. In 1918, the village was populated by about 160 Finns and 35 Sámi people.