Sodankylä

Also known as Soađegilli, Suáđigil, Suäʹđjel, Suäʹdjel

Sodankylä (; ; ; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the region of Lapland, and lies at the northern end of Highway 5 (E63) and along Highway 4 (E75). The Kitinen River flows near the center of Sodankylä. Its neighbouring municipalities are Inari, Kemijärvi, Kittilä, Pelkosenniemi, Rovaniemi, and Savukoski. The municipality has two official languages: Finnish and Northern Sami.

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Vinony's link graph records 195 inbound references to Sodankylä, and connects out to Northern Sami, Lapland and Russia.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including 1893 establishments in Finland, Mining towns in Finland and Municipalities of Lapland (Finland).

Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sodankylä
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Sodankylä keskusta.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Centre of Sodankylä
Settlement.image_shield: Sodankyla.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 120x80px
Settlement.image_map: Sodankylä sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Sodankylä in Finland
Settlement.map_caption1: Interactive map outlining Sodankylä.
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lapland
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northern Lapland
Settlement.leader_title: Municipal manager
Settlement.leader_name: Jari Rantapelkonen
Settlement.established_title: Charter
Settlement.established_date: 1893

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Sodankylän kunta
Population: 8126
Area: 722.34
Elevation: 252
Official website: www.sodankyla.fi/ps
Image: Sodankylä church 2016 3.jpg

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Commons category: Sodankylä
native label: Sodankylä
inception: 1893-01-01
citizens' initiative URL: www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=758
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Key sights, events and destinations
The old church
The statue "A reindeer and a Lapp"
Tankavaara Gold Museum
Museum-gallery Alariesto
Geography
Climate
Twin towns
Gallery
Notable people
See also
References
External links

The municipality has a population of , () which makes it the fourth largest municipality in Lapland after Rovaniemi, Tornio and Kemi, and at the same time the largest municipality in population that does not use the title of city or town. It covers an area of of which is water, making it the second largest municipality in Finland in terms of area, right after its neighboring municipality of Inari. The population density is .

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