What is the population of Sodankylä, Lapland?

Sodankylä has a population of approximately 8,809 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Sodankylä, Lapland located?

Sodankylä is located in Lapland, Finland, at approximate coordinates 67.4190°, 26.5902°.

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Sodankylä

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Sodankylä

Total population

8,809

Founded

1893

Elevation252 m

Land area11692.98 km²

Coordinates67.42°, 26.59°

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City facts

Founded

1893

Elevation

252 m

Area

11692.98 km²

Official website

www.sodankyla.fi

Sister cities

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

History & geography

Geography

Sodankylä lies just north of the Arctic Circle. Sodankylä has a subarctic climate (Koppen: Dfc), with short, mild summers and long, freezing, extremely snowy winters. However global warming has brought more extreme snowfalls, typically an increase. Its extreme northerly location combined with frequent overcast skies leads to very low amounts of sunshine in the winter months; December will average just under two minutes of sunshine daily. Sodankylä experiences polar night between 20 and 23 December and polar day between 31 May and 14 July. The temperature is usually between and , but the all-time temperature range is between recorded on 28 January 1999 and recorded on 18 July 2018.

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Geography

Latitude

67.4190

Longitude

26.5902

Water area

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

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Aimo Tepsell

Finnish orienteer (1932–2017)

Kaija Kärkinen

Finnish singer, lyricist and actress

Katja Riipi

Finnish ice hockey player

Pertti Ukkola

Finnish amateur wrestler

Johanna Sinisalo

Finnish writer

Jaakko Pöyry

Finnish industrialist (1924–2006)

Santeri Ivalo

Finnish writer, journalist and historian (1866–1937)

Pekka Aikio

Saami politician from Finland

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)

812

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

1,191

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Attention level

Quiet

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

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Recently spotted species

Rangifer tarandus domesticus

Lichenomphalia ericetorum

Seen 2026-07-28

rannoch-rush

Scheuchzeria palustris

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

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Sources

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