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Kiuruvesi

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Country
  
Finland

Town privileges
  
1993

Area
  
1,423 km²

Region
  
Northern Savonia

Charter
  
1873

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Thursday 2:04 AM

Kiuruvesi

Sub-region
  
Upper Savonia sub-region

Area rank
  
51st largest in Finland

Weather
  
1°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 82% Humidity

Kiuruvesi is a town and municipality of Finland located in the former province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 8,556 and covers an area of 1,328.13 square kilometres (512.79 sq mi) of which 94.79 km2 (36.60 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.7/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Iisalmi, Pielavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Vieremä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Contents

Map of 74700 Kiuruvesi, Finland

The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

Notable residents

  • Elias Simojoki, patriotic leader
  • Politics

    Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kiuruvesi:

  • Centre Party 41.7%
  • True Finns 20.8%
  • Left Alliance 14.6%
  • National Coalition Party 12.2%
  • Social Democratic Party 5.6%
  • Christian Democrats 2.7%
  • Green League 1.6%
  • References

    Kiuruvesi Wikipedia