Finland-Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi ( pronunciation (help·info); Inari Sami: Ruávinjargâ; Northern Sami: Roavenjárga and Roavvenjárga; Skolt Sami: Ruäˊvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its tributary, the Ounasjoki. The city and the surrounding Rovaniemen maalaiskunta (Rural municipality of Rovaniemi) were consolidated into a single entity on January 1, 2006. The new municipality has an area of 8,016.72 square kilometres (3,095.27 sq mi) and an approximate population of 60,000.

Name

The rova part in the name Rovaniemi has often been considered to be of Saamic origin, as "roavve" in Saami denotes a forested ridge or hill or the site of an old forest fire. In Southern Saami dialects, however, rova means a heap of stones, a rock or a group of rocks in a stretch of rapids, or even a sauna stove. The niemi part of the name means "cape".

Transport

Rovaniemi is the northernmost point of the electric railway system managed by the Finnish Rail Administration. VR Group operates direct daytime and overnight passenger trains from Rovaniemi Station to Oulu, Tampere, Helsinki and Turku. Diesel-powered passenger trains operate north-east of Rovaniemi to Kemijärvi. Rovaniemi Airport is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the Rovaniemi city centre.

Climate

Due to its location almost on the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with short, mild summers and very cold and snowy winters. The city lies just south of the 0°C (32°F) mean annual isotherm, but freezing in the soil is very limited even during the winter by heavy snow cover.

l   average annual temperature: 0.2 °C (32.4 °F)

l   annual precipitaiton: 535 mm/annum (21 inches)

l   snow stays on the grounds 183 days a year on average

l   lowest temperature ever recorded: −47.5 °C (−54 °F), recorded on January 28, 1999

l   highest temperature ever recorded: 30.7 °C (87 °F), recorded on June 10, 2014

l   the midnight sun can be seen from June 6 to July 7

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Write by: AN - Saturday, December 27, 2014