What is the population of Posio, Lapland?

Posio has a population of approximately 3,812 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Posio, Lapland located?

Posio is located in Lapland, Finland, at approximate coordinates 66.1093°, 28.1651°.

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Posio

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Posio

Total population

3,812

Founded

1926

Land area3039.68 km²

Coordinates66.11°, 28.17°

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City facts

Founded

1926

Area

3039.68 km²

Official website

www.posio.fi

Sister cities

Olenegorsk

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Overview

Posio is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 2,826 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 3,544.90 square kilometres (1,368.69 sq mi) of which 506.14 km2 (195.42 sq mi) is water. The population density is 0.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.4/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Rovaniemi, Kemijärvi, Ranua, Salla, Kuusamo, Taivalkoski and Pudasjärvi.

History & geography

History

The Senate decided to establish a parish at Posio in 1908, but the plan was delayed, in part for want of a church. Posio was finally constituted as a separate parish and municipality at the turn of 1925 and 1926, formed mainly from parts of Kuusamo, with smaller areas taken from Taivalkoski, Pudasjärvi and the rural parish of Rovaniemi. A leading figure in the campaign for the municipality's independence was the farmer Juho Aapo Miekkasaari (1862–1942).

Geography

Posio lies in southern Lapland, between Kuusamo and Rovaniemi. Lakes make up a large part of its area, among them Kitkajärvi, Livojärvi and Suolijärvi. Riisitunturi National Park, known for the hanging bogs on its fells, and the Korouoma canyon and nature reserve lie within the municipality, which also takes in part of Syöte National Park.

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Geography

Latitude

66.1093

Longitude

28.1651

Water area

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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Earthquake history

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Notable people from here

Soile Isokoski

Finnish soprano

Kaarlo Maaninka

Finnish long-distance runner

Timo Tuomivaara

Finnish escape artist and magician

Aki Karppanen

Finnish footballer

Sini Karjalainen

Finnish ice hockey player

Mirjami Paso

Finnish professor

Juho Takkinen

Laestadian preacher from Finland

Teuvo Tuomivaara

Finnish sculptor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Lapland

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

2.23

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

815

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

229

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Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Recently spotted species

Northern Naugehyde Liverwort

one-sided wintergreen

Fringilla montifringilla

Seen 2026-08-17

Sheathed Woodtuft

Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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• Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image