萨米是萨米人传统居住的文化区域。萨米位于北欧斯堪地那维亚半岛的北部，横跨挪威、瑞典及芬兰北部和俄罗斯科拉半岛北部，大部分在北极圈之内，号称“欧洲最后一块原始保留区”、“圣诞老人的故乡”，是芬兰重要的观光点，而每年吸引大批游客的梦幻之地“圣诞老人树”就在这里。此地区在萨米语中有不同称呼，北萨米人称之为Sápmi，Julev萨米人称之为Sábme，南萨米人称之为Saemie；在瑞典和挪威语也称之为Sameland。萨米经常与瑞典拉普兰混淆，但两者所指的区域并非完全相同。

随着国际化，跨国境的合作日益重要，对于当地的萨米族原住民和非萨米族居民而言，现存国界越来越不重要。萨米地区的居民中，以俄罗斯人和挪威人占大多数，而萨米族人只占小数的5%。虽然现时没有争取当地独立的运动，但有组织提倡地区自治或当地原住民的民族自决。

Sápmi (Northern Sami: [ˈsaʔmi]), in English commonly known as Lapland (/ˈlæplənd/), is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people, traditionally known in English as Lapps. Sápmi is located in Northern Europe and includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia. The region stretches over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. On the north it is bounded by the Barents Sea, on the west by the Norwegian Sea and on the east by the White Sea.