Inari ( Fin. Inari , Inari-Sami. Aanaar , Kolta-Sami. Aanar , S.-Sami. Anár , Swede. Enare ) - a settlement (a village, sometimes called Inari as a village or village) in the eponymous community of Finland ( Lapland province ), the administrative center of this community. Inari is located 30 kilometers north of Saariselkä - one of the largest tourist centers of Lapland.
| Village | |
| Inari | |
|---|---|
fin. Inari Inari Sami Aanaar colt-saami. Aanar S. Sami Anár | |
| A country |  Finland |
| Provinces | Lapland |
| Community | Inari |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | and |
| Population | |
| Population | 459 people ( 2005 ) |
| Nationalities | Sami , Finns |
| Denominations | Lutherans , Orthodox (part of the Colts ) |
| Official language | Finnish , Sami |
According to the 2005 census, 459 people lived in the village, this is the second largest settlement in the community after Ivalo . A total of about one thousand people live in the village and its environs.
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History
People very long ago began to live where the village now stands - next to the place where the Yuutuanjoki breaking into dozens of channels, flows into Lake Inari . Occupying an advantageous geographical position, the village gradually became the center of local trade. In 1876 , when the Inari community was founded, the village became the administrative center of the community.
Inari is a locality in which three cultures simultaneously develop - Finnish, North Saami and Inari Saami.
Institutions and Attractions
Finland’s Sámi Parliament is located in Inari, Finland ’s elected representative body for cultural self-government.
Due to its location, Inari is an important tourist center, a large number of tourist buses stop here, including buses to or from Norway .
Siarida Exhibition Center is also located in Inari, within the framework of which the Sami Museum, founded in 1959 , and the Natural Center of Upper Lapland are operating - one of the ten natural centers of the Forest Service of Finland [1] . Another of Inari's attractions is the church, built in 1951. Inari also houses the hostel of Yeer for students of the Education Center of the Sami region .
Next to the Siid Exhibition Center is the Sámi Sámi Cultural Center , opened in 2012 , which is the administrative and cultural center of the Sámi in Finland. The Sami Parliament of Finland and many other Sami institutions and organizations work here. The conference hall and meeting rooms equipped with the latest technology are designed for 430 people. [2] [3] . The center is located on the banks of the River , which flows into Lake Inari . It is a three-story building, the exterior decoration of which is made using wood and glass [4] . Solemn events associated with the opening of Sayos were held on April 3, 2012, and President of Finland Sauli Niinistö participated in them [5] .
Inari is a popular visiting place for German tourists - this is due to the fact that in the popular German film of 1998 Zugvögel ... Einmal nach Inari it was Inari who was the purpose of the journey to which this film is dedicated.
Since 1999, at the end of January, annually, the Skábmagovat Indigenous Film Festival (“Pictures of the Polar Night”) has been held in Inari, where films and television productions of the Sami and other indigenous peoples of the world are presented. The festival venues are the Siida Museum and the Saios Cultural Center. The “trademark” of the festival is the open-air cinema “Northern Lights”, which is built entirely from snow. In 2017, the film festival will be held January 26-29. [6] [7] .
Twin Cities
- Cola , Russia [8]
Notes
- ↑ Siida in Russian // Printing house Sevenprint Ltd.
- ↑ The Saami of Finland in the New Year will receive an ultramodern cultural center // Website of the Finugor Information Center. - December 29, 2011. (Retrieved January 4, 2012)
- ↑ Sajos rahppo easkka 9.1.2012 // Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy . YLE Ođđasat . - December 27, 2011. (North Sami) (Retrieved January 4, 2012)
- ↑ Sajos valmistuu Inariin: keskukseen mahtuisivat kaikki alueen saamelaiset (inaccessible link) // Lapin Kansa. - December 30, 2011. (Fin.) (Retrieved January 7, 2012)
- ↑ President Niinistö opened the Sámi Parliament in Inari and the new Sámi cultural center Sajos // © Yle Uutiset = Yle News Service. = Website of the television and radio company Yleisradio Oy (yle.fi) April 3, 2012. (Retrieved April 5, 2012)
- ↑ Skábmagovat Film Festival in Inari 23th-27th January 2014 . Sámi Dáidaga Doarjja Searvi & SIIDA (2014). Date of treatment January 16, 2014. Archived January 16, 2014.
- ↑ Arctic peoples roll in to Skábmagovat in Inari (inaccessible link) . Sámi Dáidaga Doarjja Searvi & SIIDA (December 30, 2013). Date of treatment January 16, 2014. Archived January 18, 2014.
- ↑ Twin cities of the Murmansk region // Kola Encyclopedia . In 5 t. T. 1. A - D / Ch. ed. A.A. Kiselev . - SPb. : IP; Apatity: KSC RAS, 2008 .-- S. 502.
Links
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- History of Inari . Siida . Date of treatment September 8, 2011. Archived May 16, 2012. (eng.)