Kemijärvi
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Kemijärvi (Inari Sami: Kemijävri, Northern Sami: Giemajávri, Swedish: Kemiträsk) is a municipality of Finland. It is also the most northern city in Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 9,759 and covers an area of 3,929.7 km² of which 427.56 km² is water. The population density is 2.8371 inhabitants per km².
Surrounding municiaplities are, in north Pelkosenniemi, in east Salla, in south Posio and in west Rovaniemi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Villages located in the area of the municipality of Kemijärvi are Halosenranta, Hyypiö, Isokylä, Joutsijärvi, Juujärvi, Kallaanvaara, Kostamo, Leväranta, Luusua, Oinas, Perävaara, Ruopsa, Räisälä, Sipovaara, Soppela, Tapionniemi, Tohmo, Ulkuniemi, Varrio and Vuostimo.
The first permanent settler inhabitant of Kemijärvi was Paavali Ollinpoika Halonen, who moved, from region of Oulu, from Niskakylä, Utajärvi to Kemijärvi about 1580. His wife was Anna Laurintytär Halonen and their children were Paavo, Olli and Pekka Halonen. Paavali's place of residence is known today as Halosenranta. As the first settlers moved to Kemijärvi, the area wasn't inhabited by the Sami people anymore, but Ämmänvaara in the are of the municipality is an ancient sacrificial place of Samis.
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