Kolari

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Kolari
Municipality
Kolarin kunta Kolari kommun
Lake Kesänki at Ylläs
Coat of arms
Location of Kolari in Finland
Coordinates: 67°19′50″N 023°46′40″E / 67.33056°N 23.77778°E / 67.33056; 23.77778
Country	Finland
Region	Lapland
Sub-region	Fell Lapland
Charter	1867
Government
• Municipal manager	Heikki Havanka
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	2,617.87 km2 (1,010.77 sq mi)
• Land	2,559.29 km2 (988.15 sq mi)
• Water	59.15 km2 (22.84 sq mi)
• Rank	21st largest in Finland
Population  (2024-10-31)[2]
• Total	3,958
• Rank	194th largest in Finland
• Density	1.55/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	96.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.6%
• Sami	0.1%
• Others	2.3%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	15.2%
• 15 to 64	57.6%
• 65 or older	27.1%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kolari.fi

Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.

It is located in the region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,958 (31 October 2024)^[2] and covers an area of 2,617.87 square kilometres (1,010.77 sq mi) of which 59.15 km² (22.84 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 1.55 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.0/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Muonio, Pello, Kittilä, Rovaniemi in Finland and Pajala Municipality in Sweden.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.

Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.^{[citation needed]}