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  Wikipedia: Tornio
Tornio (Torneå in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 22456 and covers an area of 1227,09 km² of which 43,85 km² is water.
It borders to the Swedish municipality of Haparanda.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/t/to/tornio.html   (81 words)

  
 Kemi
Kemi is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland.
The municipality has a population of 23,424 and covers an area of 91.96 km² of which 1.25 km² is water.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/k/ke/kemi.html   (136 words)

  
 :: Lappi :: Lapland :: Lappland :: Laponie ::
Lapland is 98 937 km², this large area represents 30% of Finland’s total land area, of this area 93 057 km² is land and 5 880 km² is water.
Along with membership in EU the development programmes, planned for Lapland, are aimed to diversify sources of livelihood, effective usage of resources and to increase export.
Approximately a quarter of Lapland’s 100 000 strong workforce was unemployed in 1997.
www.laplandfinland.com /?deptid=16048   (549 words)

  
 Lapland in Finland - Finnish travel and tourism guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Lapland Province extends from the northernmost shores of the Baltic in the south through forests that become gradually thinner as the terrain begins to rise in the north.
But Lapland is much more than Santa Claus and reindeer - although these creatures are an important and conspicuous part of Lapp culture, and you may encounter more reindeer than people on your travels through this thinly populated part of the world.
Lapland is well-integrated into Finland's efficient road, rail and air networks, through which it has excellent domestic and international connections.
www.visitfinland.com /w5/index.nsf/(pages)/Lapland   (463 words)

  
 Rovaniemi - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Image:Rovaniemi1.jpg Rovaniemi (Roavenjárga in Northern Sami) is the administrative capital and the centre of commerce of Finland's northernmost Province, Lapland.
It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its tributary, the Ounasjoki River.
In the Lapland War, during the Second World War, approximately 90% of the total property in the town was destroyed by German troops.
www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Rovaniemi   (818 words)

  
 Saariselka - In the Heart of Lapland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Inari is the largest municipality in Finland in terms of area (17,321 square kilometers).
The population density in northern Lapland is 0.5 inhabitants per square kilometer of land.
Lapland is an exotic region covering 93,937 square kilometers which is know for its fells, lakes, rivers and forests.
www.saariselka.fi /eng/northlapland.html   (232 words)

  
 Lapland (province)
The Province of Lapland is a province of Finland.
The province of Lapland contains only the Lapland region (Lapin maakunta).
Lapland is divided into 22 municipalities, including the towns of Rovaniemi, Kemi[?], Kemijärvi[?] and Tornio[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Lapland_(province).html   (108 words)

  
 HS Home 23.9.2002 - Deaths exceed live births in Finnish Lapland
In 2000 Lapland's population decreased by 2,536, which was the all-time record.
The whole of Lapland seems to follow the path taken by Kemijärvi, albeit with a couple of years' delay.
The complaint concerns cuts in salary-based allowances in Lapland, despite the fact that the budget surplus in the whole of Finland was EUR 44 million in 2000.
www2.hs.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20020923IE8   (596 words)

  
 Pello   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He was part of a gang of professional criminals from Lithuania that were nabbed in Finland with stolen goods and truck near Munio and Pello.
It is located in the province of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region.
The municipality has a population of 4,586 (2003) and covers an area of 1,865.64 km² of which 122.87 km² is water.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/p/pe/pello.html   (90 words)

  
 Quicker start of emergency medical care in Lapland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One of the subsystems evaluated was an emergency medical system connecting ambulance, health centre and the central hospital at the distance of approximately 130 km from the local health centre.
This group consisted of the health care professionals in municipalities in Lapland that were informed of the results of the feasibility study and subsequently interviewed during a group discussion in 15 municipalities.
A basic assessment is presently being done including studies concerning professional attitudes and know-how, as well as a study concerning the delay in the commencement of the treatment in thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
www.lshp.fi /tellappi3/nortelemed.htm   (488 words)

  
 Nordic Culture > The Sami languages - Scandinavica.com
It is estimated that there are at present between 50,000 to 80,000 Sami living in the region of Lapland, wich stretches over four countries from northern Norway to the Kola peninsula in Russia.
The municipality of Inari has four official languages (Finnish, Inari Sami, Skolt Sami and Northern Sami), and therefore local government communications are set to be quatrilingual..
Kemi Sami was spoken in the southernmost regions of Finnish Lapland and neighbouring Russia until the 1850s and was quite close to Inari Sami and Skolt Sami.
www.scandinavica.com /culture/language/saami.htm   (917 words)

  
 Tiedote
Municipalities’ tax revenue will be increased next year by almost EUR 200 million.
Central government measures included in the budget proposal are expected, considering the overall effect of the municipalities’ expenditure, revenue and changes in the tax bases, to improve the financial position of the municipalities by a net amount of EUR 345 million compared with 2006 or by EUR 471 million including index increases.
This will be implemented by reducing the earned income allowance in municipal income tax and correspondingly altering the earned income allowance in state tax and the state income tax scale.
www.vn.fi /ajankohtaista/tiedotteet/tiedote/fi.jsp?oid=164842   (1631 words)

  
 Chapter 3. Regional Development and UCE Management
For the Alentejo region, the principal partner is the University of Évora (Department of Sociology); for Lapland, the principal partner is the University of Lapland (Continuing Education Centre); and, for Trentino, the principal partner is the Autonomous Province of Trento (Centro de Ecologia Alpina).
The counterparts of the project in the villages are both the municipality and the village committee, a local association of villagers.
In Lapland, a major result is the involvement of villagers, through the village committees, in each of the six selected pilot-villages.
distance.ktu.lt /thenuce/ebook/Chapter_3/2257.html   (1559 words)

  
 HS Home 18.2.2002 - Shortage of employment support appropriations accelerates migration from Lapland
The shortage of wage-based employment support appropriations is accelerating migration out of municipalities in Lapland, with a particular effect on Eastern Lapland.
The Employment and Economic Development Centre (TE-Centre) for Lapland received appropriations of less than 25 million euros for this year, whereas in the early 1990s, the funds amounted to 85 million euros.
the Development Manager of the Local Federation of East Lapland, is mystified by the appropriation cuts for Lapland, when a large amount of funds goes unused elsewhere in Finland: 44 million euros in 2000.
www2.hs.fi /english/archive/news.asp?id=20020218IE3   (450 words)

  
 Hotel News Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Lapland Hotels is utilizing the OPERA Property Management System, along with OPERA Reservation System (ORS) and myfidelio.net for its central and distribution services.
Lapland Hotels is the leading company in tourism in Lapland.
Lapland Hotels has 9 characteristic hotels in 6 municipalities of Lapland with well equipped rooms that include private saunas, family rooms, suites, apartments and log cabins all close to nature.
www.hoteljobresource.com /news_print.php?sid=21407   (554 words)

  
 Centre of Expertise Programme - LAPLAND CENTRE OF EXPERTISE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Centre of Expertise Programme is operated by Lapin Elämystuotanto Oy, which is owned by the joint municipal authority of Rovaseutu, the University Foundation of Lapland, the joint municipal authority for education in Rovaniemi, the Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, Lapin Markkinointi Oy, Suomen Matkailun Kehitys Oy and almost all municipalities in Lapland.
The Experience Institute consists of a network of researchers and was founded by the Lapland Centre of Expertise for the Experience Industry and its partners.
The Lapland Centre of Expertise for the Experience Industry focuses on cooperation between the different centres of expertise and internationalisation.
www.oske.net /in_english/centres_of_expertise/lapland   (731 words)

  
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Lapland consists of the northernmost parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Lapland is full of interesting accommodation possibilities: igloos, cottages, log cabins, hotels, hostels, bungalows etc.
Rovaniemi is the capital of Lapland area but remember that there are also many other very interesting cities and municipalities in Lapland!
users.kymp.net /jari.kolehmainen/lapland.html   (502 words)

  
 Bona Kemi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kemi also has a claim to fame as the home of the world's largest snow castle (constructed every year with a different architecture).
Category:Municipalities of Finland Category:Municipalities of Lapland Region de:Kemi ro:Kemi se:Kemi fi:Kemi sv:Kemi, Finland
Kemi Sami is a dialect of the Sami originally spoken in the southernmost district of Finnish Lapland as far south as the Sami siidas around Kuusamo.
www.breadlike.com /pages7/10/bona-kemi.html   (1272 words)

  
 Nuorten Lappi
The Regional Council of Lapland is a coalition of the municipalities of Lapland.
The Council works for the benefit of the county, its municipalities and inhabitants with development, planning, research and interest supervision.
Through our project, the Council is working with the Youth of the region to bring new actors into regional development.
www.lapinliitto.fi /nuortenlappi/english/desc.html   (172 words)

  
 About Sweden: Counties
The county comprises the municipality of Gotland in the province of GOTLAND.
The county comprises the municipalities of Falkenberg, Halmstad, Kungsbacka, Laholm and Varberg, all located in the province of HALLAND and the municipality of Hylte that is located in the province of SMÅLAND.
The county comprises the municipalities of Härnösand, Kramfors, Sollefteå, Sundsvall, locatied in the province of MEDELPAD and the municipalities of Timrå, Ånge and Örnsköldsvik, located in the province of ÅNGERMANLAND.
www.aboutsweden.net /Counties/index.html   (1223 words)

  
 Lapland Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For Lappland, the largest province in Sweden, see Lapland, Sweden.
Santa`s Lapland and Christmas Club - A free club for everyone interested in Lapland, Santa Claus or Christmas
Lapland • Oulu • Southern Finland • Western Finland • Åland
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lapland,_Finland   (368 words)

  
 Letter from Upper Lapland | Guardian Weekly | Guardian Unlimited
Someone says, "It's like the old times", although to me it feels slightly Stalinesque - a coordinated art opening in all the municipalities of Lapland.
This is Utsjoki, the northernmost municipality in Finland and the only one with a majority of native Sámi.
With the formalities dispensed with, I notice Niilo Vuomajoki from Sámi Radio busy interviewing one of the two artists from the south who claims to make reference to the land dispute between the Sámi reindeer herders and the Finnish state in one of his paintings.
www.guardian.co.uk /guardianweekly/letterfrom/story/0,,1936760,00.html   (617 words)

  
 MICROS Systems, Inc. - Fidelio - Property Management, Point-of-Sale, Sales and Catering, Central Reservations, PMS, ...
Columbia, MD —March 15, 2006—MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Lapland Hotels has selected myfidelio.net and the OPERA Enterprise Solution as its next generation technology solution for its 9 unique resort hotels in Finland.
Direct and myfidelio.net distribution via www.laplandhotels.com is made possible using the OPERA Web Suite, which allows direct interaction between bookers on the Internet and Lapland Hotels’ inventory and rates.
In Ylläs, Pallas and Olos there are also a full range of skiing facilities, including 50 slopes, 20 lifts, and three ski schools.
www.micros.com /CompanyInformation/News/PressReleases/LaplandHotels.htm   (499 words)

  
 Santa´s Lapland and Christmas Club
Northern and Eastern Lapland (Sodankylä, Inari, Utsjoki, Kemijärvi, Salla, Savukoski, Pelkosenniemi): http://www.plappi.fi/in_english/
See also Lapland by Euro Tourism (choose a category from the list and then click on the symbols on the map): http://www.eurotourism.com/fi/eng_laani.asp?laani=1andkategori=0
The Tourism Expert / Tourismus Team Europe TTE (almost all about Lapland, 10 languages, 12 categories: travelling, sightseeing, accommodation, activities, sports, events, maps, cities, regions etc.): http://www.tte.ch/finland/lapland/
groups.msn.com /965172qg02rbm4ek3a6e7udur5/citiesmunicipalities.msnw   (163 words)

  
 Universitas Helsingiensis 2/01
Over one third of the present-day Saami live outside the Saami territory proper, that is, outside the northernmost municipalities of Lapland.
It is estimated that almost 500 live in the Helsinki metropolitan area, whilst the total number of Saami in Finland is approximately 6,500.
We can influence the decision-makers by promoting the status of the Saami language as the official language in the Saami municipalities.
www.helsinki.fi /lehdet/uh/201l.htm   (772 words)

  
 Rovaniemi.fi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since 1993 the Rovaniemi Art Museum has operated as the Lapland Regional Art Museum alongside with the Kemi Art Musem.
The area of the Rovaniemi Art Museum consists of 13 municipalities of Lapland: Enontekiö, Inari, Kemijärvi, Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, Posio, Ranua, City of Rovaniemi, County of Rovaniemi, Salla, Savukoski, Sodankylä and Utsjoki.
As the Lapland Regional Art Museum the Rovaniemi Art Museum gives advice and counseling to communities, artists, arts associations and everyone interested in arts.
www.rovaniemi.fi /?deptid=8593   (176 words)

  
 In English
Finnish Lapland has always been one of tourists’ favourite resorts.
The aim is to train inhabitants to use electrical net services and to build common portal in cooperation with people of the area.
This portal is made for tourists, municipalities, enterprises, and inhabitants in Eastern and Northern Lapland.
www.plappi.fi /index.php?id=2331   (229 words)

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