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Lieksa

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Country
  
Finland

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
4,068 km²

Region
  
North Karelia

Charter
  
1973

Municipal tax rate
  
19.5%

Local time
  
Friday 10:28 AM

Team
  
Lieksan Hurtat


Sub-region
  
Pielinen Karelia sub-region

Area rank
  
15th largest in Finland

Weather
  
1°C, Wind S at 31 km/h, 80% Humidity

Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Map of 81700 Lieksa, Finland

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 11,739 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 3,418.06 square kilometres (1,319.72 sq mi) of which 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) is water. The population density is 3.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.9/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The town of Lieksa was established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated.

Notable natives

  • Marutei Tsurunen (Japanese: ツルネン・マルテイ or 弦念丸呈, tsurunen marutei), born Martti Turunen in 1940-04-30, the first European-born member of the Diet of Japan.
  • Ilmari Juutilainen, the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force.
  • Jorma J. Rissanen, an information theorist.
  • Heino Kaski, composer
  • Heikki Turunen, author

    • References

    Lieksa Wikipedia
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