:''This article is about the Finnish municipality. For other meanings, see
Kolari (disambiguation).''
'Kolari' is a
municipality of
Finland at the
Swedish border, which follows the
Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.

Location on Finnish map
It is located in the
province of
Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,908 and covers an area of 2618.26 km² of which 55.57 km² is water. The
population density is 1.5 inhabitants per km².
Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish.
Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.
External links
★
Kolari webpage
★
Ylläs webpage

Lake Kesänki at Ylläs