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What may I do in Enontekiö / Enontekis?

Parkthe vehicle, on the public road
IT DEPENDS
the national rule
Sleep insidewithout putting anything outside
NOT ON RECORD
no rule read
Camplevelling legs, awning, table
NO
the national rule
50 km
this municipalityprotected areaneighbouring municipalities, in their own colour: they can be tapped
Why, and on what paper
UNVERIFIED
Enontekiö / Enontekis has its own rule, which has been located, but its articles have not been extracted. No verdict is published without the text.

Which text each answer comes from

Park · it depends
Laki pysakoinninvalvonnasta 727/2011; Maastoliikennelaki 1710/1995; Tieliikennelaki 729/2018; Ulkoilulaki 606/1973 art. Laki pysakoinninvalvonnasta 727/2011 3 §; maastoliikennelaki 4 § 1 mom y 27 §; tieliikennelaki 37-38 § · verified on 2026-08-09
Camp · no
Maastoliikennelaki art. 4 §; 5 § 2 mom · verified on 2026-08-08
The area designated by by-law that has been read is in Wittingen, Stadt, about 1.835 km away. The nearest municipality with its own rule read is Binz, Ostseebad, about 1.620 km away.
The municipality, in figures

The municipality

Enontekiö / Enontekis is a very large municipality measuring 181 by 133 kilometres. With 1.771 inhabitants it is practically uninhabited (0 per square kilometre). Within its boundaries there are 15 protected areas, including Pallas-Ounastunturi. There, the rules on permitted uses are set by each area's own plan. It borders 5 municipalities, and the answer may change on crossing any of those lines.

Superficie8.391 km²
Population1.771
Densidad0 hab/km²
Area181 × 133 km
Costano, inland municipality
Protected areas15
Neighbouring municipalities5
This municipality touches: Pallas-Ounastunturi, MALLA, PÖYRISJÄRVEN ERÄMAA, KÄSIVARREN ERÄMAA, JIETANASVUOMA, IITON PALSASUOT….
15 protected areas within
Enontekiö / Enontekis touches 15 Natura 2000 sites.
  • Pallas-Ounastunturi
  • MALLA
  • PÖYRISJÄRVEN ERÄMAA
  • KÄSIVARREN ERÄMAA
  • JIETANASVUOMA
  • IITON PALSASUOT
  • … and 9 more
The national rule does not set a specific aggravating factor for these sites: each area's own rule governs.
Calculated by intersecting the municipality's polygon with the 27,172 Natura 2000 sites of the European Environment Agency. The site covers part of the municipality.
All the layers that apply

Why — the layers that apply here

protected zone
4 areas: Pallas-Ounastunturi · MALLA · PÖYRISJÄRVEN ERÄMAA · KÄSIVARREN ERÄMAA
Protected-area designation: the rule of the protected area applies here in addition to the municipal one, and it usually makes the penalty harsher.
country
Finland
Rule located, but its articles have not been verified: its content is not published until it has been read.
Where the line lies between parking, sleeping and camping
camping · Finland
Camping is forbidden outside a campsite or designated zone. What changes from one country to another is which gesture crosses the line:
  • Line 1: 4 § forbids «liikkua, pysäyttää tai pysäköidä» in maasto — parking is already forbidden
  • Line 2: taking out an awning, chairs, a table or a barbecue = leiriytyminen, outside the jokaisenoikeudet
  • Layer 3, the one that gets forgotten: 5 § 2 mom requires nuisance to be avoided; NOISE AT 2 A.M. may be the offence, not sleeping
Maastoliikennelaki art. 4 §; 5 § 2 mom · verified on 2026-08-08
«kunhan pihalla ei ole retkituolia»
Neighbouring municipalities

Near here

Adjoining municipalities with their rule. This site does not say where other people have slept: that is a different product.
Signage on site and the local authority prevail. This reproduces the written rule as of the date indicated: it is neither legal advice nor an authorisation.