What is Rovaniemi?
[[File:Rovaniemi sijainti Suomi.svg|thumb|Location]] [[File:Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg|thumb]] [[File:Valtakatu-rovaniemi-finland.jpg|thumb|Main street]] '''Rovaniemi''' is a [[town]] in [[Finnish Lapland|Lapland]], in northern [[Finland]]. Rovaniemi is very close to the [[Arctic Circle]]. The population was over 61,000 in January 2014. The area is huge in typical European scale. Neigbouring municipalities are [[Kittilä]], [[Sodankylä]], [[Kolari]], [[Pello]], [[Ylitornio]], [[Tervola]], [[Ranua]], [[Posio]], [[Kemijärvi]] and [[Pelkosenniemi]]. On 1 January 2006, {{lang|fi|[[Rovaniemen maalaiskunta]]}} (Rural municipality of Rovaniemi) was merged into a single municipality. == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Rovaniemi}} * [http://www.rovaniemi.fi/Intro/ Community website] {{Template:Lapland}} {{multistub|Europe|geo}} [[Category:Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)]]