Posio
Posio is a municipality in the southeast corner of Finnish Lapland, renowned for its large water areas and as home of Pentik Oy interior design company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Posio Church.
Posio
- Type: Locality with 3,070 residents
- Also known as: “614”
- Location: Itä-Lappi, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.1085° or 66° 6′ 31″ northLongitude
28.1713° or 28° 10′ 17″ eastPopulation
3,070Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)Open location code
9GRC455C+9GGeoNames ID
640895
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Posio” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Posio”
- Finnish: “Posion Kunta”
- Swedish: “Posio”
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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 “Posio”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.