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Municipality in Lapland, Finland
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Enontekiö (North Sami: Eanodat, Inari Sami: Iänudâh, Swedish: Enontekis; also known as nickname the Arm of Finland (Finnish: Suomen käsivarsi)) is a large, sparsely populated municipality in the north-western arm of Finnish Lapland. The municipality includes part of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, a number of designated wilderness areas as well as all peaks of more than 1000 m in Finland, among them the highest peak Halti at 1,324 m (4,344 ft) above sea level. Enontekiö has the second lowest population density in Finland, with less than 2,000 people on more than 8,000 km² (3,000 sq mi). Wide areas lie above the tree line.
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By car
Usually people arrive to Enontekiö by car, either from the south or from the neighbouring countries, Norway and Sweden.
By train
The Finnish rail network terminates over 300 km to the south in Rovaniemi (year round) and Kolari (winter). Some of these trains have a direct coach connection all the way to Kilpisjärvi.
By bus
To get in without a car, you will need to use a coach. There are a number of routes north from Rovaniemi, including the Rovaniemi–Hetta and Rovaniemi–Kilpisjärvi services.
By bike
The Eurovelo cycling route nr 7 from Nordkapp to Malta ("Sun Route", 7,409 km) comes down through Finnmarksvidda, passes Hetta and continues down through Sweden.
Practically there are three forms of transport in these parts of Finland: your own car, taxi and coach. Coaches run once or twice daily from Rovaniemi. Bikes are useful in the summer and can be taken on the bus.
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Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park is Finland's most visited national park, on the border between Forest-Lapland and Fell-Lapland in Finnish Lapland. The park lies in the municipalities of Enontekiö, Kittilä, Kolari, and Muonio.
Käsivarsi Wilderness Area in the "arm" of Finland is the most popular of the wilderness areas in Finnish Lapland. It features all of Finland's peaks over 1000 m but nearby Saana.
Pöyrisjärvi (Bievrrašjávri) is a wilderness area in Enontekiö in north-western Finnish Lapland by the lake with the same name, by the Norwegian border. It has varying nature and two traditional Sami summer villages, still inhabited part of the year.
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