Sonkajaervi
Finland
Sonkajaervi: facts
At a glance
- Country: Finland
- Region: North Savo
- Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
- Population: approximately 3,551
- Coordinates: 63.6667° N, 27.5167° E
- Time zone: Europe/Helsinki (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
- Currency: Euro (EUR)
- Distance to the capital, Helsinki: 412 km (256 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Kajaani Airport (KAJ): 69 km (43 mi), straight line
- Kuopio Airport (KUO): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
- Joensuu Airport (JOE): 154 km (96 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Iisalmi: 20 km (12 mi)
- Vieremae: 26 km (16 mi)
- Lapinlahti: 34 km (21 mi)
- Rautavaara: 44 km (27 mi)
- Kiuruvesi: 44 km (28 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kuopio, 86 km (54 mi)
Sources
- Sonkajärvi
Coming up in Sonkajaervi
- 8 Nov 2026: Father's Day
- 6 Dec 2026: Independence Day
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 26 Dec 2026: Boxing Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
- 1 Jan 2027: New Year's Day
- 6 Jan 2027: Epiphany
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