Pelkosenniemi
Pelkosenniemi is a municipality in central Finnish Lapland. Pyhä-Luosto National Park and Pyhä holiday resort are where most visitors are heading to and where most servicies are.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kairala.
Kairala
Village
Photo: Petteri.hentila, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kairala is a village of about sixty inhabitants along the Highway 5 in Pelkosenniemi municipality in Lapland, Finland, located about 10 kilometres north of its church village. Kairala is situated 3½ km northwest of Pelkosenniemi.
Pelkosenniemi
- Type: Locality with 924 residents
- Also known as: “583”
- Location: Itä-Lappi, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.1667° or 67° 10′ northLongitude
27.5° or 27° 30′ eastPopulation
924Elevation
161 metres (528 feet)Open location code
9GV95G82+M2GeoNames ID
642378
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Pelkosenniemi” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Pelkosenniemen Kunta”
- Finnish: “Pelkosenniemi”
- Swedish: “Pelkosenniemi”
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