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The region stretches over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.To the north, it is bounded by the Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, and White Sea. [2] [3] Lapland (/ ˈ l æ p l æ n d /) has been a historical term for areas inhabited by the Sami based on the older term "Lapp" for its inhabitants, a term which is now considered outdated or pejorative. [4]
The 21 municipalities of the Lapland Region (Finnish: Lappi; Northern Sami: Sápmi; Swedish: Lappland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions: Eastern Lapland sub-region [ edit ]
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
The region's highest point is on Halti, which reaches 1,324 m (4,344 ft) on the Finnish side of the border and is the highest point in Finland. [ 18 ] The areas of Enontekiö and Utsjoki in northern Lapland are known as Fell-Lapland.
Today, a considerable part of the Finnish Sámi live outside the Sápmi region, for example in Helsinki there is a relatively large and active Sámi minority. [155] According to the Sámi Parliament, the Sámi live in 230 municipalities out of a total of 336 municipalities in Finland.
Finland is divided into 19 regions (Finnish: maakunta; Swedish: landskap) [a] which are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of each region. The councils are composed of delegates from the municipal councils.
The indigenous people of Sápmi, which spans what is now northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia, are traditionally reindeer herders and fish, hunt and forage for food.
Sodankylä (Finnish: [ˈsodɑŋˌkylæ]; Northern Sami: Soađegilli [ˈsoɑ̯ðeˌkilliː]; Inari Sami: Suáđigil; Skolt Sami: Suäʹđjel) is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the region of Lapland, and lies at the northern end of Highway 5 and along Highway 4 ().