Inari, Finland
- Inari, Finland
Infobox_Maakunta
name=Inari
name_fin=Inarin kunta
name_swe=Enare kommun| isocode=|nutscode=1A3
capital=|province=Lapland Province
historical=Laponia
area=17,333|areapercent=
population_as_of=2004|populationrank=Not ranked
population=7,268|populationpercent=|populationdensity=0.46
bird=|fish=-|flower=Inari ( _sm. Aanaar, _sm. Anár, _sm. Aanar and _sv. Enare) is a municipality in
Finland . The municipality was established in1876 . The largest villages of the municipality are Ivalo and Inari.It is located in Finnish Lapland. The municipality has a total population of 7,268 and covers an area of 17,321.32 km² of which 2,148.51 km² is water. It is the largest municipality in Finland. The
population density is 0.5 inhabitants per km².The municipality has four official languages: Finnish,
Inari Sami (400 speakers),Skolt Sami (400 speakers) andNorthern Sami (700 speakers).Finland's largest National Park Lemmenjoki is partly located in Inari, as is the
Urho Kekkonen National Park .Lake Inari , a lake in the Inari municipality, is the third largest lake in Finland, with an area of 1043 km², 40 km² smaller than the second largest lake, Lake Päijänne.The wilderness areas of Hammastunturi, Muotkatunturi, Paistunturi, Kaldoaivi and Tsarmitunturi are also located in Inari.
Villages in Inari
Ivalo , Inari,Törmänen ,Keväjärvi ,Koppelo ,Sevettijärvi -Näätämö,Saariselkä ,Nellim ,Angeli ,Kaamanen ,Kuttura ,Lisma ,Partakko ,Riutula .Inari is the most northern Holiday resort in the whole of Finland.
In popular culture
The trilogy
His Dark Materials , which takes place in an alternative world somewhat similar to our own, features a prominent character calledSerafina Pekkala ; who is a witch from a tribe near Lake Inari.External links
*fi icon [http://www.inari.fi/ Official website]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Inari — may refer to:In places: * Inari, Finland, municipality * Inari (village), in the municipality of the same name in Finland. * Lake Inari, FinlandIn fictional characters: * Inari, minor character in the manga/anime Naruto . * Human sub species that … Wikipedia
Inari (village) — Inari is a population centre in the municipality of Inari in Finland.HistoryThe village grew up along in a spot where the fast flowing Juutua River empties into Lake Inari. As the centuries went by, the village developed into a robust and active… … Wikipedia
Inari Sami — Infobox Language name=Inari Sámi nativename=anarâškielâ region=Finland speakers= 400 iso2=smn iso3=smn familycolor=Uralic fam1=Uralic fam2=Finno Ugric fam3=Finno Permic fam4=Finno Volgaic fam5=Finno Lappic fam6=Sami fam7=Eastern script=Latin… … Wikipedia
Inari (Finnland) — Inarin kunta Wappen Karte Basisdaten Staat: Finnland … Deutsch Wikipedia
Finland — /fin leuhnd/, n. 1. Finnish, Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 5,109,148; 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Cap.: Helsinki. 2. Gulf of, an arm of the Baltic, S of Finland. * * * Finland Introduction Finland … Universalium
Finland — This article is about the country in Northern Europe. For other uses, see Finland (disambiguation). Coordinates: 65°N 27°E / 65°N 027°E / 65; … Wikipedia
Inari — /in euh ree, ahr ee/; Fin. /i nah rddi/, n. Lake, a lake in NE Finland. ab. 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km). * * * In Japanese mythology, the patron god of rice cultivation and prosperity. He was worshiped especially by merchants and tradesmen, and he… … Universalium
Inari,Lake — I·na·ri (ĭnʹə rē, ēʹnär ē), Lake A lake of northern Finland with an outlet to the Arctic Ocean. The island studded lake is a tourist attraction. * * * … Universalium
Ethnic issues in Finland — Finland is one of the most ethnically countries in Europe, where immigrants constitute a small part of Finnish society. Prior to the 1990s, it was very difficult to immigrate into Finland, and immigration from outside of Europe proper was… … Wikipedia
Zugvögel - Einmal nach Inari — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Zugvögel – Einmal nach Inari Originaltitel: Zugvögel – Einmal nach Inari Produktionsland: Finnland, Deutschland Erscheinungsjahr: 1998 Länge: 87 Minuten Altersfreigabe: FSK 6 … Deutsch Wikipedia
