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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2020}} {{Expand Finnish\|topic=geo\|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox settlement \|name = Savukoski \| official_name = {{lang\|fi\|Savukosken kunta}}<br />{{lang\|sv\|Savukoski kommun}} \| native_name = {{native name\|se\|Suovvaguoika}}<br />{{native name\|smn\|Suovâkuoškâ}}<br />{{native name\|sms\|Suõvvkuõškk}} \| other_name = \| settlement_type = Municipality \| image_skyline = Centre of Savukoski.JPG ~~\| imagesize = 300px~~ \| image_caption = Centre of Savukoski. \| image_shield = Savukoski.vaakuna.svg \| shield_size = 120x80px ~~\| image_map = Savukoski.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg~~ \| ~~map_caption~~image_map = ~~Location of~~ Savukoski insijainti ~~[[Finland]]~~Suomi.svg \| map_caption = Location of Savukoski in Finland \|coordinates = {{coord\|67\|17.5\|N\|028\|10\|E\|display=inline,title}} \|subdivision_type = Country Line 16 ⟶ 19: \| subdivision_name1 = [[Lapland (Finland)\|Lapland]] \| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland\|Sub-region]] \| subdivision_name2 = [[Eastern Lapland ~~sub-region~~]] \| leader_title = Municipal manager \| leader_name = Mauri Aarrevaara Line 55 ⟶ 58: \|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time\|EEST]] \|utc_offset_DST = +03:00 \| website = ~~[http~~{{Url\|https://www.savukoski.fi/ ~~www.savukoski.fi]~~}} }} '''Savukoski''' ({{~~lang-~~langx\|se\|Suovvaguoika}}; {{langx\|smn\|Suovâkuoškâ}},; {{~~lang-se~~langx\|~~Suovvaguoika~~sms\|Suõvvkuõškk}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland\|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[provinces of Finland\|province]] of [[Lapland, Finland]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count\|Savukoski}}}} ({{#time: j F Y\|{{Data Finland municipality/population count\|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert\|{{Data Finland municipality/total area\|Savukoski}}\|km2}} of which {{convert\|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area\|Savukoski}}\|km2\|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] is {{convert\|{{Data Finland municipality/population density\|Savukoski\|round=2}}\|PD/km2}}, which is the lowest in relation to other Finnish municipalities. Neighbour municipalities are [[Pelkosenniemi]], [[Salla]] and [[Sodankylä]]. The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language\|Finnish]]. According to Finnish ~~Folklore~~folklore, the [[Korvatunturi]] [[Fell]] in Savukoski municipality is the location of [[Father Christmas]]'s ([[Joulupukki]]) secret workshop, where toys, trinkets and gifts are made and eventually wrapped by [[gnome]]s.<ref name=Robbins>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/laurenlaverne/2010/12/danny-robins-indie-travel-guid-16.shtml\|last=Robbins\|first=Danny\|publisher=BBC\|work=Danny Robbins' Indie Travel Guide\|title=Meeting Father Christmas\|accessdate=23 June 2013}}</ref> The name Korvatunturi translates into English as "Ear Fell". Finnish children are told that from "Ear Fell" Father Christmas can hear what all the children are saying so he can find out if the children behave and obey their parents (and therefore may receive gifts next Christmas). Savukoski is one of the largest municipalities in Finland, areawise, and the most sparsely settled. The river [[Kemijoki]] runs through it. Forestry and [[reindeer]] husbandry have traditionally been the main livelihood of the local population. There are ten times more reindeer than people in Savukoski{{Citation needed\|date=September 2013}}. Nowadays tourism is also getting more important. Line 71 ⟶ 74: A bog region called [[Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä]] is in Savukoski. It has the longest place name in Finland. ==~~People~~Notable people== * [[Markus Mustajärvi]] (born 1963), Finnish politician Line 78 ⟶ 81: ==References== {{~~reflist~~Reflist}} ==External links== {{~~commons~~Commons category-inline\|Savukoski}} * [~~http~~https://www.savukoski.fi/~~english/english.html~~ Municipality of Savukoski] – Official website * [~~http~~https://~~www.~~korvatunturi.fi/~~?l=~~en/etusivu-2/ Korvatunturi] – Ear Mountain * [http://matkailu.savukoski.fi/?deptid=20187 Savukoski] – The Home of Father Christmas {{Geographic location \| Centre = Savukoski \| N = {{Flagicon\|RUS}} {{Ill\|Verkhnetulomsky Urban-type Settlement\|lt=Verkhnetulomsky\|ru\|Городское поселение Верхнетуломский}} \| E = [[Salla]] \| S = [[Pelkosenniemi]], [[Salla]] \| W = [[Sodankylä]] }} {{Lapland}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Savukoski\| ]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1916]] [[Category:1916 establishments in Finland]] [[Category:Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)]]