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Sonkajärvi

municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland
Organization Municipality Of Finland Q1010042

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Finland
Official website
www.sonkajarvi.fi[15]
Legal form
municipality of Finland[31]
Official name
Sonkajärven kunta[30]

Status and dates

Inception
1922[14]

Location

Country
Finland[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 63.669°, 27.522°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
North Savo, Upper Savonia, Kuopio Province[1]
More facts +11
Area
110.9 (110.9–1.6k, n=3)[32][33][34]
Associated electoral district
Savo-Karelia[37]
Coat of arms
Sonkajärven vaakuna[13]
Köppen climate classification
continental subarctic climate[35]
Legislative body
Sonkajärvi municipal council[12]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Upper Savonia[38]
Official language
Finnish[3]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory[36]
Population
3.6k (3.6k–5.4k, n=21)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,415 · 4,278 · 5,396 · 5,272 · 5,155 GeoNames 3,776 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Shares border with
Iisalmi, Kajaani, Lapinlahti, Rautavaara, Sotkamo, Vieremä[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Twinned administrative body
Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality, Uniejów[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Sonkajarvi en Sonkajärvi ar سونكايارفي fa سونکایروی fi Sonkajärven kunta fr Sonkajarvi fr Sonkajaervi ja ソンカヤルヴィ nl Sonkajarvi ro Sonkajarvi ru Сонкаярви zh 松卡耶爾維 zh-hant 鬆卡耶爾維
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000474604245
Legal Entity Identifier
743700N9SPRMLQPP1U92
VIAF cluster ID
157851572
GND ID
6139464-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sonkajärven kirkko (Pyhän Toivon kirkko) - Josef Stenbäck, 1910 - Rutakontie 3 - Sonkajärvi - 2.jpg ↗
Citizens' initiative URL
www.kuntalaisaloite.fi, www.kuntalaisaloite.fi
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q1010042
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--489752
EU VAT number
FI90901602
Facebook location ID
102165903158218
Facebook username
Sonkajarvi
Finnish Business ID
9090160-2
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Finnish Service Catalogue organization ID
6489517e-ecad-409f-99cb-6e24a04c1d80
Finnish municipality number
762
Freebase ID
/m/03c3gg
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1387152
GeoNames ID
636305
KANTO ID
000033176
MusicBrainz area ID
a7cc37c2-670a-499a-b7c1-a13e33e22513
NLS Geographic Names Register Place ID
10424165
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2522198
OpenWeatherMap city ID
636305
Topic's main category
Category:Sonkajärvi
Uppslagsverket Finland ID
Sonkajaervi
Who's on First ID
907199331
YSO ID
94417
Yle topic ID
18-186148
YouTube channel ID
UC_KFYalEy0DcOjcufMVqATg
YouTube handle
sonkajarvenkuntasonkajarvi7233

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 6
Kajaani, Iisalmi, Sotkamo, Lapinlahti, Vieremä, Rautavaara
← Shares border with 6
Kajaani, Iisalmi, Sotkamo, Lapinlahti, Vieremä, Rautavaara
People born here 5
Päivi Räsänen, Jussi Vatanen, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Kalevi Eskelinen, Toivo Oikarinen
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
North Savo, Upper Savonia, Kuopio Province
Contained subdivisions 2
Laakajärvi, Sälevä
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Twinned administrative body 2
Uniejów, Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality
← Twinned administrative body 2
Uniejów, Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality
Associated electoral district 1
Savo-Karelia
Belongs to 1
Savo-Karelia
Country 1
Finland
Instance of 1
municipality of Finland
Legal form 1
municipality of Finland
Located in the statistical territorial entity 1
Upper Savonia
Official language 1
Finnish
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Topic's main category 1
Category:Sonkajärvi
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Sonkajärvi
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Upper Savonia
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Related Entities

Finland Uniejów WikiProject Govdirectory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . uniejow.pl. uniejow.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . vrk.fi. vrk.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Population structure. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  28. [28] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . tilastokeskus.fi. Retrieved . tilastokeskus.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Official website → https://www.sonkajarvi.fi/
    Legislative body → Sonkajärvi municipal council
    Coordinate location → 63.669°, 27.522°
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:سونیکا جروی"
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