Salla

municipality in the region of Lapland in Finland
Organization municipality_of_finland Q936067
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Salla

Summary

Salla is a municipality of Finland[1]. Salla ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (637 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Salla is located in Lapland[3].
  • Salla is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Salla's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland[5].
  • Salla's instance of is recorded as border city[6].
  • Salla's official language is recorded as Finnish[7].
  • Salla's shares border with is recorded as Savukoski[8].
  • Salla's shares border with is recorded as Kuusamo[9].
  • Salla's shares border with is recorded as Kemijärvi[10].
  • Salla's shares border with is recorded as Posio[11].
  • Salla's shares border with is recorded as Pelkosenniemi[12].
  • Salla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wildau[13].
  • Salla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kovdor[14].
  • Salla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Båtsfjord Municipality[15].
  • Salla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arjeplog Municipality[16].
  • Salla's legislative body is recorded as Salla municipal council[17].
  • Salla's coat of arms is recorded as Q11892085[18].
  • Salla's Commons category is recorded as Salla[19].
  • Salla's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[20].
  • Salla's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[21].
  • January 1, 1857 marks the founding of Salla[22].
  • Salla's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 66.8309713, 'lon': 28.6699331}[23].
  • Salla's official website is recorded as https://www.salla.fi/[24].
  • Salla's official website is recorded as https://www.salla.fi/en/[25].
  • Salla's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Salla[26].
  • Salla's described at URL is recorded as https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Salla,%20Finland[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1857 marks the founding of Salla[22].

Identity

Salla's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Sallan kunta'}[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Salla include Salla disease[29], a rare disease[30].

Why It Matters

Salla ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (637 views/month).[2] Salla has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Salla is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Salla include Salla disease[29], a rare disease[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . salla.fi. Retrieved . salla.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . salla.fi. Retrieved . salla.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . salla.fi. Retrieved . salla.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . salla.fi. Retrieved . salla.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . NLS Geographic Names Register. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Associated electoral district Lapland
    Category of associated people Category:People from Salla
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Lapland, Eastern Lapland sub-region, Lapland +1
    Official website https://www.salla.fi/, https://www.salla.fi/en/
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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