Seitajärvi ( ''seita'': a

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sacred place + ''järvi'': lake) was a community located in the

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. In 1940 the Seitajärvi community included five farming and

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

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. Many families of this community relocated to

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in northwest Lapland and nowadays the Seitajärvi people have no standing settlements.

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