Nellim

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Nellim

Coordinates68.85°, 28.32°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Nellim is a village on the shore of Lake Inari in Inari, Finland that has three distinctly different cultures: Finns, the Inari Sámi and the Skolt Sámi. Nellim is approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) northeast of Ivalo and approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) away from the Russian border. The village has a hotel with a bar, a cafeteria, a marina, an Orthodox wilderness church and a Wilderness hotel. Other landmarks in the area include an old log flume, the Travellers' Cross at Tsarmijärvi, and remnants of the Rautaportti "Iron Gate" fortifications that were constructed in the second world war. The people of Nellim claim that it is the best location in Finland to view the Northern Lights.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.