Lapland (Finland)

Lapland (; ; ) is the lairgest an northmaist o the regions o Finland. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Council. It borders the Region o North Ostrobothnie in the sooth. It an aa borders tae the Gulf o Bothnie, Norrbotten County in Swaden, Finnmark Coonty an Troms Coonty in Norawa an tae Murmansk Oblast in Roushie. In some pairts o the warld, pairticularly Britain, Ireland an Finland itsel, it is considered the traditional hame o Father Christmas (Joulupukki).

 Historical provinces 
For history, geography an cultur see: Laponie, Österbotten an Västerbotten

Lapland wis separatit frae Oulu Province in 1936. Efter the Seicont Warld War, the Petsamo an Salla auries wur cedit tae the Soviet Union. Unner the ryalist constitution o Finland durin the first hauf o 1918, Lapland wis tae become a Grand Principality an pairt o the inheritance o the proposed keeng o Finland.

Lapland wis ane o the provinces o Finland, til the provinces wur abolished on Januar 1, 2010.

Population
Lapland is the hame o aboot 3.6% o Finland's population, an is bi far the least densely populatit aurie in the kintra. The biggest touns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional caipital), Kemi, an Tornio. In 2009 Lapland haed a population o 183,748 o whom 179,070 spoke Finnish, 1,473 spoke Sami, 338 spoke Swadish an 2,867 spoke some ither leids as their mither leid.Statistics Finland – Statistical databases O the Sami leids Northren Sami, Inari Sami an Skolt Sami are spoken in the region.

 Admeenistration 
The State Provincial Office wis a joint regional authority o seiven different meenistries. It promotit naitional an regional objectives o the State central admeenistration.

 Regional Cooncil 
The 21 municipalities o Lapland are organised intae a single Region, whaur they cooperate in the Lapland Regional Cooncil, Lapin liitto or Lapplands förbund.

 Sami Domicile Aurie 
The northmaist municipalities o Lapland whaur the Sami fowk are the maist numerous, form the Sami Domicile Aurie. Sami organization exists in parallel wi the provincial ane.

 Municipalities 

 Heraldry 
The Regional Cooncil o Lapland uises the Finnish variation o the coat o airms for Laponie. The coat o airms for the Province o Lapland wis composed oot o the coats o airms o Laponie an Ostrobothnia.

 Lapland impact on Finnish numismatics 
Most o the gowd uised tae mint Finnish gowd coins comes frae Lapland.  Lapland itsel haes been the main motif for a recent commemorative coin, the Finish First Finnish gowd euro commemorative coin, mintit in 2002. On the reverse side, the midnicht sun abuin a lake in Lapland can be observed.

Notes

 See an aa 
Lappmarken
Lääni
Sami fowk
Sápmi (aurie)

 Freemit airtins 

Lapland Regional Cooncil – Offeecial steid
Lapland State Provincial Office  – Offeecial steid
Lapland Finland Portal  – The Offeecial Travel Guide o Finnish Lapland
Lapland Club

Lapland Travel Guide  – Information aboot holidays in Lapland
Kemi-Tornio University o Applee'd Sciences – video portal  – Videos aboot Lapland experiences an lifestyle.
Levi-Lapland –  Information on Lapland, the ski resorts an the Lapland Super Pass.
Travel 2 Lapland  – Huge leet o travel information: map, blogs, forums, tourist attractions, tourism services etc.


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