- Sodankylä
Sodankylä ( _sm. Suáđigil, _se. Soađegilli, _sm. Suäˊđjel) is a town and municipality of
Finland .It is located in the province of
Lapland, Finland . The municipality has a population of 9,373 (2003 ) and covers an area of 12,416.81 km² of which 643.81 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 0.8 inhabitants per km². The municipality has two official languages: Finnish andNorthern Sami .Since
1986 Sodankylä has been home to theMidnight Sun Film Festival ("Sodankylän elokuvajuhlat").The
Jaeger Brigade of theFinnish Army is located in Sodankylä. Strictly speaking Sodankylä and also Soađegilli translate to 'Village of War'. Though the etymology of the name most likely doesn't point to the word 'war'.One of
EISCAT 's scientificradar receiver stations is located outside Sodankylä, at the site of Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory. The urban area around the observatory is known as "Tähtelä", which translates as "Place of Stars", although the observatory does not look at stars.ight, events
* "old church" (made 1689 from wood), "new church" (made 1859 from stone)
* "Tankavaara", goldmuseum, goldvilage and 30th Goldpanning world championships (6.-13.8.2006)
* "Urho Kekkonen National Park " (Koilliskaira Visitor Centre)
* "Luosto"
* "Midnight Sun Film Festival " (middle of June)Twin towns
* Kola,
Russia , since 1968
*Berlevåg ,Norway , since 1971
*Norsjö ,Sweden , since 1977
*Heiligenblut ,Austria , since 1979External links
* [http://www.sodankyla.fi/index.php?sivu=english Information page] (in English)
* [http://www.msfilmfestival.fi/fpage.php Midnight Sun Film Festival]
* [http://tankavaara.fi/ Tankavaara, goldvillage]
* [http://kultamuseo.fi/ Gold goldmuseum]
* [http://www.luontoon.fi/page.asp?Section=5754 Koilliskaira Visitor Centre]
* [http://www.luontoon.fi/page.asp?Section=5392 Urho Kekkonen National Park]
* [http://www.sgo.fi/ The Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory]
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