Sodankylä
Sodankylä is a municipality and the namesake town in Finnish Lapland. Internationally it is perhaps best known for its highly renowned Midnight Sun Film Festival.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Sodankylä
- Type: Locality with 8,190 residents
- Also known as: “758” and “Sodankylae”
- Location: Pohjois-Lappi, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.75° or 67° 45′ northLongitude
27° eastPopulation
8,190Elevation
234 metres (768 feet)Open location code
9GV9Q222+22GeoNames ID
636465
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Sodankylä” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Sodankylä”
- Finnish: “Sodankylän Kunta”
- Swedish: “Sodankylä”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sodankylä”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.