Sodankylä

Sodankylä (Inari Sami:Suáđigil, Northern Sami:Soađegilli, Skolt Sami:Suäʹđjel) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the region of Lapland, and lies at the Northern end of Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of 8,823 (30 June 2015) and covers an area of 12,415.46 square kilometres (4,793.64 sq mi) of which 718.65 km (277.47 sq mi) is water. The population density is 0.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.9/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Inari, Kemijärvi, Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, Rovaniemi, and Savukoski.