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| | Rovaniemi, Finland |
 | | Rovaniemi, situated at the junction of the Kemijoki, Finland's longest river (510km/320mi), with the Ounasjoki (320km/200mi), is the chief town and economic and cultural center of the Finnish province of Lapland, by far the largest of the country's provinces, with an area of over 90,000sq.km/35,000sq.mi. |
 | | With the increase in the demand for timber following the development of industry Rovaniemi grew considerably in importance, lying as it did at the junction of two of the principal rivers down which logs could be floated from the interior of Lapland to the Baltic. |
 | | Rovaniemi now attracts some 400,000 visitors a year, and accordingly the service trades are of major importance to the town's economy. |
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