What is Salla?
[[File:Salla Suomen maakuntakartalla.png|thumb|Location]] [[File:Freight train in Salla.jpg|thumb|A train in Salmivaara, Salla]] [[File:Salla.vaakuna.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Salla''', (name was ''Kuolajärvi'' to 1936) is a municipality in [[Finnish Lapland]], [[Finland]]. The municipalities next to it are [[Kemijärvi]], [[Kuusamo]], [[Pelkosenniemi]], [[Posio]] and [[Savukoski]]. Oulanka National Park is in the areas of Salla and Kuusamo. ==Villages== Aatsinki, Aholanvaara, Ahvenselkä, Hautajärvi, Hietajärvi, Hirvasvaara, Isohalme, Kallunki, Kelloselkä, (Märkäjärvi), Kotala, Koutelo, Kursu, Käsmä, Naruska, Niemelä, Oulanka, Onkamo, Pahkakumpu, Paloperä, Saija, Salmivaara, Selkälä, Tuohikylä, Vallovaara, Varvikko, Vittikko. ==Population growth== {{Bar chart | title = Population | label_type = Year | data_type = Population | bar_width = 35 | width_units = em | data_max = 8000 | label1 = 1980 | data1 = 7256 | label2 = 1985 | data2 = 6875 | label3 = 1990 | data3 = 6269 | label4 = 1995 | data4 = 5812 | label5 = 2000 | data5 = 5142 | label6 = 2005 | data6 = 4571 | label7 = 2010 | data7 = 4162 }} <ref>http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain+1980+%2D+2012&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Tilastokeskus reference, Finnish</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.salla.fi/ Salla pages] {{Commons category|Salla}} {{Template:Lapland}} {{multistub|Europe|geo}} [[Category:Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)]]