Welcome to Enontekiö!
Enontekiö (North Sami: Eanodat, Inari Sami: Iänudâh, Swedish: Enontekis) is a large, sparsely populated municipality in the north-western arm of Finnish Lapland. The municipality is a relatively popular destination as it contains part of Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, a number of designated wilderness areas as well as all peaks of more than 1000 meters in Finland, among them the highest peak Halti at 1,324 m (4,344 ft) above sea level. Enontekiö has the second lowest population density in Finland, with less than 2,000 people on more than 8,000 km² (3,000 sq mi). Wide areas lie above the tree line.
The municipality is bilingual with Finnish and Northern Sami both having official status.
Enontekiö Tourist Information, ☏ +358 400-556-215, info.matkailu@enontekio.fi. There is Polar Night Live webcam (Kaamoskamera) in the village Hetta. You can watch the darkness live.
Enontekiö (Swedish: Enontekis, Inari Sami: Iänudâh, Skolt Sami: Jeänõk) is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. 1,800 inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about 8,400 square kilometers (3,200 sq mi) between the Swedish and Norwegian borders. Finland's highest point, the Halti fell with a height of 1,324 meters (4,344 ft) above the mean sea level, lies in the north of Enontekiö, where the municipality occupies a part of the Scandinavian Mountains. The administrative center of Enontekiö is the village of Hetta. About one-fifth of the community's population are Sami people. Enontekiö's main industries are tourism and reindeer husbandry.