Raja-Jooseppi

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Raja-Jooseppi is an international border crossing near Inari in Finland .

geography

Raja-Jooseppi is a Finnish-Russian border crossing, is located in the Finnish taiga and is connected to the Finnish road network via highway 91 Rajajoosepintie . The border crossing was opened on January 25, 1967. Since September 4, 1989, the border crossing has also been open to international car traffic. Between 2009 and 2012, border traffic doubled from 60,000 to over 128,000.

The place of the same name Raja-Jooseppi 6 km east of the border is named after a hermit named Raja-Jooseppi.

Web links

Commons : Raja-Jooseppi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 68 ° 28 ′ 33.8 ″  N , 28 ° 28 ′ 22.9 ″  E

Individual evidence

  1. RAJAVARTIOLAITOKSEN TOIMINTAKERTOMUS 2012. The Finnish Border Guard, 2012, page 54 , accessed on 10 December 2019 (Sundanese).