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Kemi is a town and municipality

Municipalities of Finland

||-||}The municipalities represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country....
of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
. It is located very near of the city of Tornio

Tornio

Tornio is a municipalities of Finland in Lapland, Finland, Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....
. It was founded in 1869 by royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour.

Kemi is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consists of 6 provinces . The provincial authority is part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected....
of Lapland. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
is .

The main economic activity in Kemi is centred on two large paper and woodpulp mills and on the only chromium

Chromium

Chromium is a chemical element which has the symbol Cr and atomic number 24. It is a steely-gray, Lustre , hard metal that takes a high polish and has a high melting point....
mine in Europe (which supplies the Outokumpu

Outokumpu

Outokumpu is a group of company headquarters in Espoo, Finland, aimed at stainless steel. Outokumpu has three sites in the United Kingdom, in Sheffield, Stocksbridge and Blackburn....
ferrochrome plant in Tornio

Tornio

Tornio is a municipalities of Finland in Lapland, Finland, Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....
). A polytechnic university

Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences

Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1992 as Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, a merger of several institutes of higher vocational education in the Kemi-Tornio region of Finland....
is also situated in Kemi.

Kemi also has a claim to fame as the home of the world's largest snow castle (reconstructed every year with a different architecture).

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Kemi is a town and municipality

Municipalities of Finland

||-||}The municipalities represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country....
of Finland

Finland

Tornio

Provinces of Finland

Population density

Chromium

Outokumpu

Tornio

Tornio is a municipalities of Finland in Lapland, Finland, Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....
). A polytechnic university

Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences

Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica is a Finland power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. Their later works contain some elements typical of progressive metal....
.

Sights

Kemi church
Kemi church

Kemi Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church located in the town of Kemi in Northern Finland. The building was designed by architect Josef Stenb?ck and it was completed in 1902....
The SnowCastle of Kemi
Gemstone gallery
Icebreaker Sampo

Economics

In April 2007, the city of Kemi laid off all of its municipal workers for 2 weeks due to the failing economy of the city. Spiraling specialist health care costs and a fleeting industry tax base are stated as the cause for the vote. These are the most drastic temporary dismissals to take place in Finland since 2000.

Transportation

Kemi railway station

Kemi railway station is located in the town of Kemi in the Lapland Province of Finland. It is operated by VR Group. The distance to the Helsinki Central railway station, via Haapam?ki railway station and Oulu railway station stations is 858.3 kilometres....
is an intermediate station on the railway between Lapland

Lapland Province

The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland of Finland. The municipalities in the province cooperate in a Regional Councils of Finland, which also makes it the Region of Lapland....
and Helsinki

Helsinki Central railway station

Helsinki Central railway station is a widely recognised landmark in central Helsinki, Finland, and the focal point of public transport in the Greater Helsinki area....
. It is operated by VR

VR Group

VR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland, and formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet ' until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsj?rnv?garna ' until 1995....
. The junction of the Kolari

Kolari railway station

Kolari railway station is located in the municipality of Kolari in the Lapland Province of Finland. It is the northernmost railway station in Finland, located north of Helsinki Central railway station ....
and Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi railway station

Rovaniemi railway station is located in Rovaniemi, Finland. The line from the south opened in 1909; it is now the northernmost point of VR Group's electrified railway system, with direct daytime and overnight passenger trains to Oulu, Tampere, Helsinki and Turku....
lines lies to the north of Kemi station.

Finnish national road 4

Finnish national road 4

Finnish national road 4 is a Highways in Finland in Finland. It is the main route from Helsinki to Northern Finland and a major road link in the country....
and European routes E8

European route E8

The European route E 8 is a International E-road network that goes from Troms?, Norway to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is ....
and E75

European route E75

The E 75 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.The E 75 starts from Vard?, Norway in the Barents Sea and runs south through Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to Sitia, Greece on the island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea....
run through the town.

Kemi-Tornio Airport

Kemi-Tornio Airport

Kemi-Tornio Airport is an airport north of the city of Kemi, near the town of Lautiosaari east of the Kemijoki in Finland. The airport is 6 km from Kemi and 18 km from the city of Tornio....
is located north of Kemi city centre.

Town twinning

Tromsø
Tromsø

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Troms?....
(Norway
Norway

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), since 1940
Volgograd
Volgograd

Volgograd , geographical renaming Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia....
(Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
), since 1953
Liptovský Mikuláš
Liptovský Mikuláš

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(Slovakia
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)
Newtownards
Newtownards

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(Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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)
Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár

Sz?kesfeh?rv?r is a city in central Hungary, located around southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 106,346 people , with 138,995 in the direct vicinity, and is the centre of Fej?r county and the Regions of Hungary centre of Central Transdanubia....
(Hungary
Hungary

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)

External links

– Official website
– The world's biggest snowcastle
– The world's only Arctic Icebreaker for tourist cruises

Kemi

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Transportation

Town twinning

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