Posio

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Posio is a municipality of Finland. E63 runs through it.

Location on Finnish map
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.

Major employers in Posio are municipality itself, major pottery manufacturer Pentik and agriculture (especially milk producing).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Coordinates: 66°06′40″N, 28°10′00″E