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 | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA