Posio
Sign in to savePosio 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Posion kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2923
- Area
- 504.97
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Salla
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.posio.fi/en
- Image
- Kellotapuli Posio 1482-2-2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Posio
- topic's main category
- Category:Posio
- twinned administrative body
- Olenegorsk
- inception
- 1926-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Lapland
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Eastern Lapland sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=614
- native label
- Posio
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable people
- Locations
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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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