Kolari
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name means colliery: forestry, mining and charcoal burning have historically been important industries in the municipality.
Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.
References
External links
Media related to Kolari at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kolari – Official website (in Finnish)
- Archived English version of the official website's homepage
- Ylläs webpage
Kolari travel guide from Wikivoyage