Sonkajärvi

municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland
Organization municipality_of_finland Q1010042
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Sonkajärvi

Summary

Sonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland[1]. Sonkajärvi has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonkajärvi is located in North Savo[3].
  • Sonkajärvi is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Sonkajärvi's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland[5].
  • Sonkajärvi's official language is recorded as Finnish[6].
  • Sonkajärvi's shares border with is recorded as Iisalmi[7].
  • Sonkajärvi's shares border with is recorded as Kajaani[8].
  • Sonkajärvi's shares border with is recorded as Lapinlahti[9].
  • Sonkajärvi's shares border with is recorded as Rautavaara[10].
  • Sonkajärvi's shares border with is recorded as Sotkamo[11].
  • Sonkajärvi's shares border with is recorded as Vieremä[12].
  • Sonkajärvi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality[13].
  • Sonkajärvi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Uniejów[14].
  • Sonkajärvi's legislative body is recorded as Sonkajärvi municipal council[15].
  • Sonkajärvi's coat of arms is recorded as Q5494971[16].
  • Sonkajärvi's Commons category is recorded as Sonkajärvi[17].
  • Sonkajärvi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • Sonkajärvi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[19].
  • January 1, 1922 marks the founding of Sonkajärvi[20].
  • Sonkajärvi's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 63.669444444444444, 'lon': 27.522222222222222}[21].
  • Sonkajärvi's official website is recorded as https://www.sonkajarvi.fi/[22].
  • Sonkajärvi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sonkajärvi[23].
  • Sonkajärvi has a population of {'amount': '+4415'}[24].
  • Sonkajärvi has a population of {'amount': '+4278'}[25].
  • Sonkajärvi has a population of {'amount': '+5396'}[26].
  • Sonkajärvi has a population of {'amount': '+5272'}[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1922 marks the founding of Sonkajärvi[20].

Identity

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

Why It Matters

Sonkajärvi has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Sonkajärvi is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . uniejow.pl. uniejow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . vrk.fi. vrk.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Population structure. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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