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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.5249,Lat: 63.6692
Elevation	123 meter above sea level
Local time	16:57:00pm
Name province/region (Aluehallintovirasto)	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Wiki-website Maakunta (Maakunta#Landskap)	Pohjois-Savo#Norra Savolax
Name Kunta	Sonkajärvi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Iisalmi	20.1 km	SouthWest
2 Peltosalmi	22 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sukeva	22.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Vieremä	27.2 km	West
5 Lapinlahti	35 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	411 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	495 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	697 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 169 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Väärä (1.8 km² at a height of around 102 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 121.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 169 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pohjois-Savon järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 395 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kajaani Airport (at a distance of 69 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.2 km2

32%

Nature

22.6 km2

28.8%

Agriculture

22.9 km2

29.2%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Water - Lakes

6 km2

7.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sonkajärvi in country Finland

Sonkajärvi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	196 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	294 km	South
3 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	313 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vahtisuo ja lhistn vanhat metst	FI	18 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sonkajärvi
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sonkajärvi

Type of weather in Sonkajärvi	light snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	982 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	6 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:58 Europe/Amsterdam