Seitajärvi

Lake Seitajärvi, northwest bank

Seitajärvi (seita: a Sami sacred place + järvi: lake) was a community located in the Savukoski municipality of Finland.

In 1940 the Seitajärvi community included five farming and reindeer enterprises.

On July 7, 1944, Seitajärvi suffered a devastating attack (fi) by Soviet partisans.

Many families of this community relocated to Kittilä in northwest Lapland and nowadays the Seitajärvi people have no standing settlements.

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67°33′41″N 27°53′09″E / 67.56139°N 27.88583°E / 67.56139; 27.88583


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