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Kemi is a town and municipality of Finland.
Location on Finnish map
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 23,424 and covers an area of 91.96 km of which 1.25 km is water. The population density is 256.2 inhabitants per km.
Kemi was founded in 1869 by Royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour.
The main economic activity in Kemi is centred on two large paper and woodpulp mills and on the only chromium mine in Europe (which supplies the Outokumpu ferrochrome plant in Tornio). A polytechnic university is situated in Kemi.
Kemi also has a claim to fame as the home of the world’s largest snow castle (constructed every year with a different architecture).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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