Muonio

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Coat of Arms of Muonio
Coat of Arms of Muonio
Location on Finnish map
Location on Finnish map

Muonio (previously called Muonionniska, Northern Sami: Muoná) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 2,474 and covers an area of 2 038,09 km² of which 134,32 km² is water (2006). The population density is 1,2284 inhabitants per km².

The neighbour municipalities are Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kolari and in the west Swedish Pajala. There is a bridge across the border river to Sweden.

Muonio is known as the municipality with the longest snow season in Finland. For that reason its vocational college has a top ski class that attracts aspiring cross-country ski champions from all over Finland.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

[edit] Villages

The villages in Muonio include: Ylimuonio


Coordinates: 67°57′25″N, 23°40′45″E