🇫🇮 Pelkosenniemi

Pelkosenniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 932 (31 December 2025), which make it the smallest municipality in Lapland in terms of population. It covers an area of 1,881.58 square kilometres (726.48 sq mi) of which 45.4 km2 (17.5 sq mi) is water. The population density is 0.51 inhabitants per square kilometre (1.3/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Kemijärvi, Rovaniemi, Salla, Savukoski and Sodankylä.