Sotkamo

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Sotkamo

Total population

10,300

Coordinates64.13°, 28.39°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Sotkamo is a municipality of Finland, located in the Kainuu region about 40 kilometres (25 mi) 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.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

P

Pirjo Häggman

Finnish sprinter

Anders Chydenius

Swedish priest and politician (1729–1803)

T

Tapio Piipponen

Finnish biathlete

K

Kalle Arantola

Finnish skier (1913-1940)

M

Mikko Meriläinen

Finnish skier (1927–2015)

J

Janne Immonen

Finnish cross country skier

Risto Korhonen

Finnish ice hockey player

A

Arto Sirviö

Finnish ice hockey player

Viena Korhonen

Finnish writer

Heikki Meriläinen

Finnish writer

J

Johan Cajan

Finnish historian (1815–1887)

E

Erik Cajanus

Finnish priest

E

Erkki Kämäräinen

Finnish cross-country skier

Kaisa Korhonen

Finnish theatre director and singer (1941–2024)

Martti Jylhä

Finnish cross-country skier

Antti Hartikainen

Finnish pesäpallo player

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

Nearby places in Kainuu

• Tuhkakylä
  10.2 mi away
• Tapanikylä
  32.9 mi away
• Perälahti
  33.4 mi away
• Niva
  36.7 mi away
• Lauvuskylä
  37.9 mi away
• Jyrkänkylä
  39.2 mi away
• Juolunka
  48.3 mi away
• Kuumu
  49.2 mi away
• Jonkeri
  49.9 mi away
• Saunajärvi
  50 mi away
• Korkea
  52.7 mi away
• Puolanka
  55.7 mi away · pop. 3,000

Browse all places in Kainuu →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sotkamo

Geochemistry of Proterozoic metamorphosed black shales in eastern Finland

Kirsti Loukola-Ruskeeniemi · 1992

Search results from Open Library.