Lapland Province
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Lappi, or the Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of Lapland, which spans over four countries. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Council, which also makes it the Region of Lapland. It borders the Province of Oulu and the Region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders to the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Finnmark County in Norway and to Murmansk Oblast in Russia. In some parts of the world, particularly Britain and Finland itself, it is considered the traditional home of Santa Claus.
Lapland is home only to about 3.6% of the Finnish population, and is by far the least densely populated area in the country. The biggest towns in the Finnish Lapland are Rovaniemi (the provincial capital), Kemi, and Tornio.
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| Residence city | Turku | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | Rauno Saari | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical provinces | Finland Proper Satakunda Ostrobothnia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regions | Finland Proper Central Finland Central Ostrobothnia Pirkanmaa Satakunta Ostrobothnia Southern Ostrobothnia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area - Total | 74,185 Square kilometre>km² | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Population - Total (2002) - Population density>Density | Ranked 2nd 1,839,581 24,8/km² | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map highlighting the location of the Province of Western Finland
| Regional flower - Finnish - Latin | Globe-flower - Kullero - Trollius europaeus |
| Regional bird | Bluethroat |
| Regional fish | Salmon |
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Historical Provinces
For History, Geography and Culture see: Laponia, Österbotten and VästerbottenLapland was separated from the province of Oulu in 1936. After the Second World War the Petsamo and Salla areas were ceded to the Soviet Union.
Administration
Main article: Lapland State Provincial OfficeThe State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries. It promotes national and regional objectives of the State central administration.
Regional Council
Main article: Lapland Regional CouncilThe 21 municipalities of Lapland are organized into a single Region, where they cooperate in the Lapland Regional Council, Lapin liitto or Lapplands förbund.
Municipalities
''Main article: Municipalities of Lapland 4 of those are cities (Bold text)
Heraldry
Main article: Heraldry of LaponiaThe coat of arms for the Province of Lapland is composed out of the coats of arms of Laponia and Österbotten. The Regional Council of Lapland uses the Finnish variation of the coat of arms for Laponia.
See also
External links
- [Lapland State Provincial Office] - Official site
- [Lapland Regional Council] - Official site
- [Santa`s Lapland & Christmas Club] - A free club for everyone interested in Lapland, Santa Claus or Christmas
- [The Tourism Expert] - Lapland links in 10 languages
- on Wikitravel
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| Eastern Finland | Lapland | Oulu | Southern Finland | Western Finland | Åland | |
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