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 (243 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].
  • January 1, 1893 marks the founding of Sodankylä[21].
  • Sodankylä's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 67.4149202, 'longitude': 26.5906737}[22].
  • Sodankylä's official website is recorded as https://www.sodankyla.fi/[23].
  • Sodankylä's official website is recorded as https://www.sodankyla.fi/en/[24].
  • Sodankylä's official website is recorded as https://www.sodankyla.fi/ps/[25].
  • Sodankylä's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sodankylä[26].
  • Sodankylä's email address is recorded as mailto:kirjaamo@sodankyla.fi[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1893 marks the founding of Sodankylä[21].

Identity

Sodankylä's official name is recorded as 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 (243 views/month).[2] Sodankylä has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Sodankylä is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · Tillnius · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ávvir topic id → soadegilli
    Ysa id → Y94415
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Sodankylä church 2016 3.jpg"
  2. 16w ago · Yupik · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Anarâš aavis topic id → suadigil
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14269]]: suadigil"
  3. 22w 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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