What is the population of Sonkajärvi, Northern Savonia?

Sonkajärvi has a population of approximately 3,639 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Sonkajärvi, Northern Savonia located?

Sonkajärvi is located in Northern Savonia, Finland, at approximate coordinates 63.6691°, 27.5232°.

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Sonkajärvi

Northern Savoniatown

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Sonkajärvi

Total population

3,639

Founded

1922

Land area1465.93 km²

Coordinates63.67°, 27.52°

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City facts

Founded

1922

Area

1465.93 km²

Official website

www.sonkajarvi.fi

Sister cities

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Overview

Sonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in North Savo region, 105 kilometres (65 mi) north of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 3,521 and covers an area of 1,576.78 square kilometres (608.80 sq mi) of which 110.86 km2 (42.80 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (6.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History & geography

History

The municipality was founded in 1922. Before it Sonkajärvi was a part of Iisalmen maalaiskunta.

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Iisalmi, Kajaani, Lapinlahti, Rautavaara, Sotkamo and Vieremä. There are 204 lakes in the area of Sonkajärvi. Biggest of them are Laakajärvi, Sälevä and Kiltuanjärvi. There are unique nature sights in the municipality of Sonkajärvi, for example the northernmost in Finland reliably confirmed habitats of wild small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata) in the vicinity of the lake of Kangaslampi, 63° 45′ N and near the hill of Salmisenmäki, 63° 43′ 42" N.

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Geography

Latitude

63.6691

Longitude

27.5232

Water area

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

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Notable people from here

Finnish cross-country skier

Juha Virtanen

Finnish ice hockey player (born 1987)

Kalevi Eskelinen

Finnish cyclist

Ville Väisänen

Finnish soldier (1918-1944)

Tuukka Huttunen

Finnish actor and screenwriter

Ph.D. Jyväskylän yliopisto 2019

Jenni Kirves

Finnish historian and writer

Jaakko Kauppinen

Matti Turunen

Finnish actor

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

2.39

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

872

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

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165

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Obscure

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