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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1873

Website
  
www.kontiolahti.fi

Municipal tax rate
  
19.2%

Region
  
North Karelia

Sub-region
  
Joensuu sub-region

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
1,030 km²

Local time
  
Friday 8:49 AM

Team
  
Lehmon Pallo-77

Kontiolahti

Area rank
  
101st largest in Finland

Weather
  
0°C, Wind SE at 24 km/h, 80% Humidity

Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.

Map of 81100 Kontiolahti, Finland

It is located in the North Karelia region, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of 14,795 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 799.18 square kilometres (308.57 sq mi) of which 230.1 km2 (88.8 sq mi) is water. The population density is 18.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (48/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Juuka, Lieksa, Liperi and Polvijärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality has previously also been known as "Kontiolax" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Kontiolahti" also in Swedish.

Kontiolahti hosted the Biathlon World Championships in 1990, 1999 and 2015.

References

Kontiolahti Wikipedia


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