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Kittilä () is a 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....
 and a popular holiday resort.

It 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, Finland. The municipality 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 famous ski resort Levi
Levi, Finland

Levi is one of the largest ski resorts in Finland Lapland Province. The resort is located in Kittil? municipality and is served by Kittil? Airport and Kolari train station....
 is situated in Kittilä. It is a perfect place both for downhill and cross-country skiing.

If you like to find the peace of mind, you can take snow shoes and walk to the nearest fell
Fell

Fell is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Manx English, and parts of England....
 Kätkätunturi. Kätkätunturi is located west of Levitunturi and it is high and long. On 5 June 2006 it was announced that a Canadian mining corporation Agnico-Eagle Mines
Agnico-Eagle Mines

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited is a Toronto based gold mining company, with current gold production located at the LaRonde and Goldex mines in Quebec....
 will start a new gold mine in Kittilä.






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Kittilä () is a 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....
 and a popular holiday resort.

It 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, Finland. The municipality 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 famous ski resort Levi
Levi, Finland

Levi is one of the largest ski resorts in Finland Lapland Province. The resort is located in Kittil? municipality and is served by Kittil? Airport and Kolari train station....
 is situated in Kittilä. It is a perfect place both for downhill and cross-country skiing.

If you like to find the peace of mind, you can take snow shoes and walk to the nearest fell
Fell

Fell is a word used to refer to mountains, or certain types of mountainous landscape, in Scandinavia, the Manx English, and parts of England....
 Kätkätunturi. Kätkätunturi is located west of Levitunturi and it is high and long. On 5 June 2006 it was announced that a Canadian mining corporation Agnico-Eagle Mines
Agnico-Eagle Mines

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited is a Toronto based gold mining company, with current gold production located at the LaRonde and Goldex mines in Quebec....
 will start a new gold mine in Kittilä. Once completed, it will be the biggest gold mine in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. Experts say that the deposits holds at least three million ounces of pure gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, worth by current market price 1.8 billion dollars. The mine is expected to produce an average of 150,000 ounces of gold annually for at least 13 years.

Kittilä Airport
Kittilä Airport

Kittil? Airport is a general aviation and commercial airport located inside the Arctic Circle.It is one of the main airports towards the north of Finland and last year in 2006 carried 238,000 passengers to their destinations....
 is served by Finnair
Finnair

Finnair Plc is Finland's largest airline and the flag carrier, with its headquarters in Vantaa, Finland, and its main hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport....
, Blue1
Blue1

Blue1 Osakeyhti? is an airline based in Helsinki, Finland. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System network via Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen from five cities in Finland....
 and FinnComm. The terminal building was heavily damaged in a fire on July 27, 2006.

Famous people from Kittilä


  • Kalervo Palsa
    Kalervo Palsa

    Hugo Kalervo Palsa , or Kalle was a Finland artist in a style that has been described as fantastic realism.Long neglected, Kalervo Palsa has enjoyed a revival of sorts since the publication of critical works, a biography and two major retrospectives in Helsinki and Pori....
    , artist
  • Arto Paasilinna
    Arto Paasilinna

    Arto Tapio Paasilinna is a Finland writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of the most successful novelists of Finland, he has won a broad readership outside of Finland in a way few other Finnish authors have before....
    , novelist, born in Kittilä
  • Reidar Särestöniemi
    Reidar Särestöniemi

    Reidar S?rest?niemi was a Finland painter from Finnish Lapland Province. He is considered one of the greatest Finland-Lappish artists in the entire history of Finland....
    , artist
  • Einari Junttila, artist
  • Reijo Raekallio, artist


See also

  • Aakenustunturi
    Aakenustunturi

    Aakenustunturi is a mountain in Lapland Province in northern Finland. It has an elevation of 570 meters and is located near Mount Yll?s and the resort of Kittil?....


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