Karesuvanto

Karesuvanto or Kaaresuvanto (Northern Sami: Gárasavvon, Swedish: Karesuando) is a village in Enontekiö municipality, located in Finnish Lapland, the largest and northernmost region in Finland.

The village of Karesuando (part of Kiruna municipality) is located on the Swedish side of the river.

According to Finnish tradition the two are considered parts of the same locality (with a population of about 470), although officially a national border bisects them.

The village got its first buildings in 1670, when Måns Mårtensson Karesuando, called "Hyvä Maunu Martinpoika" in Finnish and "Good Maunu, Son of Martti" in English, bought land from Sami Henrik Nilsson Nikkas.

The vicar and botanist Lars Levi Laestadius worked in Kaaresuvanto where he founded the Laestadian revival movement named after him.