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Posio is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbour municipalities are Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi, Ranua, Salla, Kuusamo, Taivalkoski and Pudasjärvi.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Posio
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Taivalvaara Icewall.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Ice wall at Korouoma
Settlement.image_shield
Posio.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Posio sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Posio in Finland
Settlement.map_caption1
Interactive map outlining Posio.
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lapland
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Eastern Lapland
Settlement.seat
Ahola
Settlement.leader_title
Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name
Heli Knutars
Settlement.established_title
Charter

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Posio is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbour municipalities are Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi, Ranua, Salla, Kuusamo, Taivalkoski and Pudasjärvi.

The municipality has a single language, Finnish.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Posio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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