What is Utsjoki?
[[Image:Utsjoki.vaakuna.svg|100px|thumb|Coat of Arms of Utsjoki]] [[File:Nuorgam by i november 2012 7599.jpg|thumb|Village Nuorgam in Utsjoki]] '''Utsjoki''' is a [[municipality]] in [[Lapland]], [[Finland]]. Utsjoki is the only municipality in Finland where most people speak [[Sami language|Sami]] as their [[first language]]. As of February 2005, 1,373 people lived in Utsjoki. The municipalities next to it are [[Inari, Finland|Inari]] in Finland and [[Karasjok]], [[Tana]] and [[Nesseby]] in [[Norway]]. [[Nuorgam]] in Utsjoki is the northernmost village in Finland and the [[European Union]]. Rivers: [[Teno River]] (related page, [[Tana River (Europe)]] Names: In the [[Northern Sami]] language, the municipality is known as ''Ohcejohka''. ==Population growth== {{Bar chart | title = Population | label_type = Year | data_type = Population | bar_width = 35 | width_units = em | data_max = 1705 | label1 = 1980 | data1 = 1479 | label2 = 1985 | data2 = 1548 | label3 = 1990 | data3 = 1514 | label4 = 1995 | data4 = 1568 | label5 = 2000 | data5 = 1394 | label6 = 2005 | data6 = 1363 | label7 = 2010 | data7 = 1297 }} <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=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Tilastokeskus reference, Finnish</ref> ==References== {{commonscat|Utsjoki}} {{Reflist}} {{Template:Lapland}} {{multistub|geo|Europe}} [[Category:Municipalities of Lapland (Finland)]]