Posio
Encyclopedia
Posio is a municipality of Finland
.
It is located in the province
of Lapland. The municipality has a population of
and covers an area of km2 of
which km2
is water. The population density
is
PD/km2.
Major employers in Posio are municipality itself, major pottery manufacturer Pentik and agriculture (especially milk producing).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
.
The European route E63
runs through the northern-eastern parts of the municipality.
Korouoma
canyon and natural reserve is located in Posio.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
It is located in the province
Provinces of Finland
The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...
of Lapland. The municipality has a population of
and covers an area of km2 of
which km2
is water. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is
PD/km2.
Major employers in Posio are municipality itself, major pottery manufacturer Pentik and agriculture (especially milk producing).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
.
The European route E63
European route E63
The European route E 63 is a European route that goes from Sodankylä, Finland to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is .* E 63: Sodankylä – Pelkosenniemi – Kemijärvi – Isokylä – Kuusamo – Suomussalmi – Kajaani – Iisalmi – Kuopio – Vehmasmäki – Suonenjoki – Lievestuore – Jyväskylä –...
runs through the northern-eastern parts of the municipality.
Korouoma
Korouoma
Korouoma is about long, few hundred metres wide and up to deep canyon at Posio, Finland. The entire area is natural reserve. At the bottom of the canyon there's Korojoki River, which ends up to Kemijoki River. There are plenty of spiecies in varied nature of Korouoma. Some of spiecies found are...
canyon and natural reserve is located in Posio.
External links
- Municipality of Posio – Official website