Muonio (previously called Muonionniska, Northern Sami: Muoná) is a municipality of Finland. The town is located in far northern Finland above the Arctic Circle on the country's western border, within the area of the former Lappi (Lapland) province.[6] The municipality has a population of 2,321 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 2,039.97 square kilometres (787.64 sq mi) of which 133.91 km² (51.70 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi).

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Muonio Muonio  (Finnish) Muoná  (Northern Sami)
Municipality
Muonion kunta  (Finnish) Muonio kommun  (Swedish)
Muonio Church
Coat of arms
Location of Muonio in Finland
Coordinates: 67°57.5′N 023°41′E
Country	Finland
Region	Lapland
Sub-region	Fell Lapland
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Laura Enbuska-Mäki
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	2,039.97 km2 (787.64 sq mi)
• Land	1,904.24 km2 (735.23 sq mi)
• Water	133.91 km2 (51.70 sq mi)
• Rank	31st largest in Finland
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,321
• Rank	245th largest in Finland
• Density	1.22/km2 (3.2/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.6%
• Sami	0.2%
• Others	2.2%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	14.9%
• 15 to 64	56.7%
• 65 or older	28.3%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	21.5%
Website	www.muonio.fi

The next closest Finnish municipalities are Enontekiö, Kittilä, and Kolari; and to the west is Sweden's Pajala. On the south side of town, a road bridge crosses the Muonio River, linking Muonio to northern Norrbotten County, Sweden. Muonio is good base for exploring the many things to do in the area,[7] and is on the E8 highway which goes north to Kilpisjärvi.[8] The municipality is unilingually Finnish, unlike many towns on the Finland–Sweden border.

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 "midnight sun" is above the horizon from 27 May to 17 July (52 days), and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer, polar night from 10 December to 2 January (24 days).

Villages

The villages in Muonio include:

• Ylimuonio
• Kangosjärvi
• Kätkäsuvanto
• Kihlanki
• Särkijärvi

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Muonio:

• Centre Party 27.5%
• National Coalition Party 23.2%
• True Finns 16.4%
• Social Democratic Party 15.9%
• Left Alliance 9.8%
• Green League 3.0%
• Christian Democrats 2.4%
• Swedish People's Party 1.5%
• Other parties 0.3%

References

External links

Media related to Muonio at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Muonio – Official website
• Information on Muonio's ski resorts and the Lapland super pass

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[de] Muonio

[ru] Муонио