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Kolari | |
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Municipality | |
| Kolarin kunta Kolari kommun | |
 Lake Kesänki at Ylläs | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kolari in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 67°19′50″N 023°46′40″E / 67.33056°N 23.77778°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Fell Lapland |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Heikki Havanka |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,617.87 km2 (1,010.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,559.29 km2 (988.15 sq mi) |
| • Water | 59.15 km2 (22.84 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 21st largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,930 |
| • Rank | 195th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.54/km2 (4.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.6% |
| • Sami | 0.1% |
| • Others | 2.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 57.6% |
| • 65 or older | 27.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.kolari.fi |
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
It is located in the region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,930 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 2,617.87 square kilometres (1,010.77 sq mi) of which 59.15 km2 (22.84 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.0/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Muonio, Pello, Kittilä, Rovaniemi in Finland and Pajala Municipality in Sweden.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.
Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.