Sonkajärvi

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Sonkajärvi is a municipality in the Northern Savonia region of Finland, known for its rural landscapes and as the home of the annual Wife Carrying World Championships.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
belongsTo Northern Savonia wellbeing services county NERFINISHED
coatOfArmsUsed coat of arms of Sonkajärvi
country Finland
countrySubdivisionType municipality of Finland
distanceToHelsinkiApprox 450 km GENERATED
distanceToKuopioApprox 100 km GENERATED
formedFrom Iisalmi NERFINISHED
governedBy municipal council
hasAdministrativeCentre Sonkajärvi church village NERFINISHED
hasClimate cold continental climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
forestry
hasEvent Wife Carrying World Championships NERFINISHED
hasForestCoverageHigh true
hasLake numerous small lakes
hasLatitudeApprox 63.68 N
hasLongitudeApprox 27.52 E
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1922
hasNativeName Sonkajärvi NERFINISHED
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.sonkajarvi.fi/
hasPopulationDensity low
hasRoadConnection Finnish regional road network
hasRuralCharacter true
hasSettlementType municipality
hosts Wife Carrying World Championships NERFINISHED
isMemberOf Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities NERFINISHED
isUnilingually Finnish
knownFor Wife Carrying World Championships NERFINISHED
landscapeType rural
languageOfficial Finnish
locatedIn Eastern Finland NERFINISHED
Northern Savonia NERFINISHED
Savonia NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Kuopio NERFINISHED
nativeLanguageCode fi
nearestCity Iisalmi NERFINISHED
partOf North Savo region NERFINISHED
populationApproximate 4000–5000 inhabitants
postalCodePrefix 74300
regionCodeISO FI-NS
regionType inland
religiousTraditionMajority Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland NERFINISHED
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
tourismAttraction Wife Carrying World Championships NERFINISHED

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Sukevan vankila (Sukeva Prison) locatedIn Sonkajärvi
subject surface form: Sukevan vankila