Posio is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
Location on Finnish map
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 4,526 and covers an area of 3,541.45 km² of which 490.46 km² is water. The population density is 1.5 inhabitants per km². Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Lapland is one of the Provinces of Finland, and a part of the larger geographical area of Lapland, which spans over four countries. ...
Major employers in Posio are municipality itself, major pottery manufacturer Pentik and agriculture (especially milk producing).