Sodankylä

municipality in the region of Lapland in Finland
Organization municipality_of_finland Q502175
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Sodankylä

Summary

Sodankylä is a municipality of Finland[1]. Sodankylä ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (347 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sodankylä is located in Lapland[3].
  • Sodankylä is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Sodankylä's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland[5].
  • Sodankylä's official language is recorded as Finnish[6].
  • Sodankylä's shares border with is recorded as Inari[7].
  • Sodankylä's shares border with is recorded as Rovaniemi[8].
  • Sodankylä's shares border with is recorded as Kittilä[9].
  • Sodankylä's shares border with is recorded as Pelkosenniemi[10].
  • Sodankylä's shares border with is recorded as Savukoski[11].
  • Sodankylä's shares border with is recorded as Kemijärvi[12].
  • Sodankylä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kola[13].
  • Sodankylä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Berlevåg Municipality[14].
  • Sodankylä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Norsjö Municipality[15].
  • Sodankylä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Heiligenblut[16].
  • Sodankylä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Révfülöp[17].
  • Sodankylä's legislative body is recorded as Sodankylä municipal council[18].
  • Sodankylä's coat of arms is recorded as Q11893943[19].
  • Sodankylä's Commons category is recorded as Sodankylä[20].
  • Sodankylä's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[21].
  • Sodankylä's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[22].
  • January 1, 1893 marks the founding of Sodankylä[23].
  • Sodankylä's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 67.4149202, 'lon': 26.5906737}[24].
  • Sodankylä's official website is recorded as https://www.sodankyla.fi/[25].
  • Sodankylä's official website is recorded as https://www.sodankyla.fi/en/[26].
  • Sodankylä's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sodankylä[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1893 marks the founding of Sodankylä[23].

Identity

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

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Sodankylä include 2479 Sodankylä[29], an asteroid[30].

Why It Matters

Sodankylä ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (347 views/month).[2] Sodankylä has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Sodankylä is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Sodankylä include 2479 Sodankylä[29], an asteroid[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . stat.fi. Retrieved . 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. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . kuntavaalit.fi. Retrieved . kuntavaalit.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . kuntavaalit.fi. Retrieved . kuntavaalit.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . kuntavaalit.fi. Retrieved . kuntavaalit.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . kuntavaalit.fi. Retrieved . kuntavaalit.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . kuntavaalit.fi. Retrieved . kuntavaalit.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . NLS Geographic Names Register. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Yupik · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anarâš aavis topic id suadigil
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14269]]: suadigil"
  2. 9w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of municipality of Finland
    Köppen climate classification continental subarctic climate
    Shares border with Inari, Rovaniemi, Kittilä +3
    Located in
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:سوڈانکیلا]]"
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