Lapland (Finland) | |
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Capital city | Rovaniemi |
Currency | euro |
Surface | 98 982,56 |
Population | 182 000 |
Tongue | Finnish |
Lapland - administrative region (maakunta) in the north Finland. Until 2009 within the former province of Lapland. It borders on the south with the Gulf of Bothnia and the region Northern Ostrobothnia and with Sweden (Norrbotten), Norway (Finnmark and Troms) and Russia (Murmansk region). The seat of the region's authorities is Rovaniemi.