Enontekiö
Enontekiö
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Municipality | |
| Enontekiön kunta (Finnish) Eanodaga gielda (Northern Sami) Enontekis kommun (Swedish) | |
| Nickname: Arm of Finland | |
Location of Enontekiö in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 68°23′05″N 023°38′20″E / 68.38472°N 23.63889°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Fell Lapland |
| Founded (parish) | 1747 |
| Charter | 1877 |
| Seat | Hetta |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Pentti Keskitalo |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 8,391.35 km2 (3,239.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 7,953.42 km2 (3,070.83 sq mi) |
| • Water | 445.84 km2 (172.14 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 4th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-03-31) | |
• Total | 1,769 |
| • Rank | 267th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 0.22/km2 (0.6/sq mi) |
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| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 84.7% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.1% |
| • Sami | 10.4% |
| • Others | 3.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 12.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.3% |
| • 65 or older | 29.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.enontekio.fi |
Enontekiö (Finnish: [ˈenontekiø]; Northern Sami: Eanodat [ˈe̯anotah(t)]; Swedish: Enontekis; Inari Sami: Iänudâh; Skolt Sami: Jeänõk) is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approximately 1,800 inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about 8,400 square kilometres (3,200 sq mi) between the Swedish and Norwegian border. Finland's highest point, the Halti fell, with a height of 1,324 metres (4,344 ft) above the mean sea level, is situated in the north of Enontekiö. The municipality shares borders with regions of Sweden and Norway that encompass the Scandinavian Mountains. The administrative centre of Enontekiö is the village of Hetta. About one fifth of the community's population are Sami people. Enontekiö's main industries are tourism and reindeer husbandry.