Sevettijärvi

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Sevettijärvi is a remote village in northern Finland known as a cultural center of the Skolt Sámi people.

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Sevettijärvi canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
village
climate subarctic climate
country Finland
culturalCenterOf Skolt Sámi people
distanceFrom Inari village
linked to: Inari
ethnicCompositionIncludes Finns
Skolt Sámi
linked to: Skolt Sámi people
hasCulturalInstitution Skolt Sámi heritage sites
Skolt Sámi museum exhibits
hasEducationalInstitution Sevettijärvi school
hasLake Lake Sevettijärvi
hasMinorityLanguage Northern Sámi language
Skolt Sámi language
hasNaturalEnvironment lakes and wetlands
taiga forest
hasOfficialLanguage Finnish
hasReligiousBuilding Skolt Sámi Orthodox church
hasTraditionalClothing Skolt Sámi gákti
hasTraditionalCraft duodji
hasTraditionalHousingType Skolt Sámi log houses
hasTransportConnection road to Inari village
road to Neiden in Norway
historicallySignificantFor post-World War II resettlement of Skolt Sámi
inhabitedBy Skolt Sámi
linked to: Skolt Sami language
knownFor Skolt Sámi culture
reindeer herding
remoteness
traditional Skolt Sámi livelihoods
wilderness tourism
locatedIn Lapland
Northern Finland
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Municipality of Inari
linked to: Inari municipality
locatedInRegion Sápmi
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
namedAfter Lake Sevettijärvi
nearBorderWith Norway
Russia
partOf Inari
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
primaryEconomicActivity fishing
reindeer husbandry
tourism
regionType remote area
religionPracticed Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheranism
tourismType cultural tourism
nature tourism

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Inari municipality containsSettlement Sevettijärvi
Inari, Finland hasVillage Sevettijärvi