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Posio

municipality in the region of Lapland in Finland
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Posio

Summary

Posio is a municipality of Finland[1]. Posio draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_finland category, ranking #48 of 319).[2]

Key Facts

  • Posio is located in Lapland[3].
  • Posio is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Posio's image is recorded as Kellotapuli Posio 1482-2-2.jpg[5].
  • Posio's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland[6].
  • Posio's official language is recorded as Finnish[7].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Rovaniemi[8].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Kuusamo[9].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Pudasjärvi[10].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Ranua[11].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Taivalkoski[12].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Kemijärvi[13].
  • Posio's shares border with is recorded as Salla[14].
  • Posio's coat of arms image is recorded as Posio.vaakuna.svg[15].
  • Posio's twinned administrative body is recorded as Olenegorsk[16].
  • Posio's legislative body is recorded as Posio municipal council[17].
  • Posio's ISNI is recorded as 0000000474607235[18].
  • Posio's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159617956[19].
  • Posio's coat of arms is recorded as Q15149880[20].
  • Posio's locator map image is recorded as Posio sijainti Suomi.svg[21].
  • Posio's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n97076384[22].
  • Posio's Commons category is recorded as Posio[23].
  • Posio's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2528472[24].
  • Posio's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[25].
  • Posio's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[26].
  • +1926-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Posio[27].

Body

Founding

+1926-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Posio[27].

Identity

Posio's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Posion kunta'}[28].

Why It Matters

Posio draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_finland category, ranking #48 of 319).[2] Posio has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

Finland Govdirectory Rovaniemi

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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