Basic info
- Population: About 7000 (at the end of 2025, source: Statistics Finland)
- Province: Lapland province
- Sub-district: Sub-district of Fell Lapland
- Founded: 23.3.1868
- Total area: 8,263.9 km2, of which 168.6 km2 is water (Source: Association of Finnish Cities and Municipalities / Finland's area by municipality on 1 January 2013)
What is Kittilä like?
More information on Kittilä, Get to know Kittilä | kittila.fi
Statistical information about Kittilä
- Kittilä's key figures
Statistics Finland produces annually updated key figures for municipalities. Find out more about Kittilä's key figures in Tilastoksekkus' service, Municipalities' key figures (in Finnish).
- Kittilä municipality card
Kittilä Municipality's Municipal Map presents the most important statistical data describing the municipality's development in a visual form. Download the Kittilä municipality card (pdf) (in Finnish).
- Vital Kittilä
The overall regional development index compiled by MDI draws a development picture of the vitality of Finnish municipalities based on six dynamics of regional development. In recent years, Kittilä has been among the top ten in his own size category. Find out more on MDI's website, A comprehensive snapshot of regional development, (in Finnsh).
Coat of arms of Kittilä municipality
The Municipality of Kittilä’s wolverine logo is part of the visual identity designed for the municipality in 2018, the year of Kittilä’s 150th anniversary. It was designed by Jukka Puljujärvi, who is originally from Kittilä. The municipality’s visual identity, pattern, and logo are intended solely for the municipality’s own use and to serve as the municipality’s emblem in collaborative activities.
The Kittilä coat of arms features a wolverine and was designed by the local artist Einari Junttila in 1963.
Kittilä's coat of arms was designed by Einari Junttila, an artist from Kittilä, in 1963. Kittilä's coat of arms has an arc above a wolverine walking in a silver field. The arcuate ridgeand the wolverine are black, the wolverine's armor is red.
To use the coat of arms in activities other than the municipality, permission must be sought from the municipal board.
Read more about the Municipality of Kittilä’s symbols, coat of arms, and logo: Logo and coat of arms | kittila.fi (in Finnish)
In Kittilä, there are..
- 718 lakes (source: www.jarviwiki.fi, 2014)
- 10 fells, which are named Aakenustunturi, Korsatunturi, Kumputunturi, Kätkätunturi, Kätkätunturi (northern), Lainiotunturi, Levitunturi, Puljutunturi, Pyhätunturi, Pyhätunturi (western)
- more than 30 villages - explore Villages of Kittilä | kittila.fi
- about 12,000 Reindeer (in 2013, source: Reindeer Herders' Association)
- Numerous artists, culture, and attractions – explore Attractions and places to visit | kittila.fi
Brief history
- From the connection of Sodankylä to a chapel parish in 1828
- Owned by an imperial order letter on January 30, 1854
- The first municipal meeting under the new municipal administration on July 11, 1868
Geographical location and neighboring municipalities
Kittilä church village:
- 67°40' N latitude
- 24°53' east longitude
- 174 m above sea level
Kittilä's border neighbors are Enontekiö in the northwest, Inari in the northeast, Sodankylä in the east, Rovaniemi in the south, Kolari in the southwest, and Muonio in the west.
Kittilä's title species
The municipality of Kittilä has its own named species: The named plant is mullein, the named mammal is a wolverine, and the named mineral is gold. Read more: Kittilä's signature species | kittila.fi (in Finnish)
