Posio

Posio [ pɔsiɔ ] is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland.

The municipality was formed in 1926 from the northern areas of the city of Kuusamo and joined the Lääni Lapland. Next to the eponymous place Posio It comprises the main town Ahola and settlements Anetjärvi, Mäntyjärvi, Pernu, Suorsa, Peräposio, Lehtiniemi, Ristilä, Jumisko, Aittaniemi, Nolimo, Maaninkavaara, Mourujärvi, Häme ( Karjalaisenniemi ) Tolva, Suonnankylä, Hyväniemi, Lohiranta, Kuloharju, Kynsilä and Sirniö.

Main employers are the community itself, several dairies and the ceramics factory Pentik. The factory is connected to an "International Coffee Cup Museum " with more than 2,000 exhibits.

The picturesque landscape also attracts many tourists to Posio. On the territory of the municipality there are more than 2500 Mökkis (summer houses); during the summer holidays doubles as the population Posios.

The 77 km ² Riisitunturi National Park is located entirely within the boundaries Posios, in addition to a part also of the Syöte National Park.

Policy

As generally in the rural areas of northern Finland, the Centre Party is also in Posio the strongest political force. In the local elections in 2008, she received more than half of the votes in the parliamentary elections in 2007 it was even close to 70 %. In council, the highest decision-making body for local affairs, it represents 15 out of 27 deputies. The second largest group is the local electoral list ryhmä 2008 Yhteislista with eight seats. The Social Democrats and the Left Alliance won only single-digit results and two seats, while the conservative National Coalition Party, one of the three major parties of Finland, to choose not only took.