Sotkamo
Sign in to saveSotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the Kainuu region about east of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu. Vuokatti, in west of Sotkamo, is the most populous village in the municipality and also a popular skiing resort. Both Hiidenportti National Park and Tiilikkajärvi National Park are located in the municipality.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sotkamo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sotkamon Makasiinimuseon yleiskuva.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Street in Sotkamo with Granary Museum
- Settlement.image_shield
- Sotkamo.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Sotkamo sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Sotkamo in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kainuu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kajaani
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipality manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mika Kilpeläinen
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Sotkamon kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 10274
- Area
- 302.96
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Sonkajärvi
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.sotkamo.fi/en
- Image
- Church of Sotkamo.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sotkamo
- topic's main category
- Category:Sotkamo
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sotkamo
- twinned administrative body
- Isny im Allgäu
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Kajaani sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=765
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Villages
- Economy
- Politics
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the Kainuu region about east of Kajaani, the capital of Kainuu. Vuokatti, in west of Sotkamo, is the most populous village in the municipality and also a popular skiing resort. Both Hiidenportti National Park and Tiilikkajärvi National Park are located in the municipality.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sotkamo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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