- 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]
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