Inari (village)

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Inari
Inari, Suomi - Finland 2013-03-10 f.jpg
Inari is located in Finland
Inari
Inari
Location in Finland
Coordinates: 68°54′20″N 27°01′40″E / 68.90556°N 27.02778°E / 68.90556; 27.02778Coordinates: 68°54′20″N 27°01′40″E / 68.90556°N 27.02778°E / 68.90556; 27.02778
Country Finland
RegionLapland
MunicipalityInari
Population
 (2014)
 • Total581
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Inari is a population centre in the municipality by the same name in Lapland, Finland. It is widely known as the capital of Sámi culture.[1][2]

History[]

The village grew up along in a spot where the fast-flowing Juutua River empties into Lake Inari. As the centuries went by, the village developed into a robust and active market and trade centre. When the municipality of Inari was founded in 1876, the village became its centre.

The people living in Inari then were not, however, the first people to live in the village, as people had been living on the shores of Lake Inari for thousands of years before that. Several stone-age dwellings have been found in Vuopaja, on the edge of town near Siida, the Sámi Museum.[3]

Gallery[]

  • Sajos, the Sami Cultural Center in the Inari village

  • Snow in Inari

  • Hotel Inari

  • Supermarket in Inari

  • Inari Lake

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ HS: Inarin kirkonkylästä tullut saamelaisten pääkaupunki (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Saamenmaasta, kulttuurista ja mytologiasta – Rantapallo (in Finnish)
  3. ^ "History (of Inari)". Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-09.

External links[]

Media related to Inari (village) at Wikimedia Commons


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