Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
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Rovaniemen maalaiskunta (Rovaniemi landskommun in Swedish) was a former municipality of Finland. It merged with the city of Rovaniemi on January 1 2006.
It was located in the province of Lapland. The municipality had a population of 21,803 and covered an area of 7,915.51 km² of which 409.06 km² was water. The population density was 2.9 inhabitants per km².
The municipality surrounded the town of Rovaniemi. In 2004 the two municipalities decided to unite into one municipality. The new municipality was be formed on January 1 2006 with the name Rovaniemen kaupunki (the town of Rovaniemi). The new municipality will have a population of approximately 57 000. With an area of 7 900 km² it will be the largest town in Finland.