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Pielavesi

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Country
  
Finland

Municipal tax rate
  
19.75%

Local time
  
Friday 4:28 PM

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Website
  
www.pielavesi.fi

Region
  
Northern Savonia

Pielavesi

Sub-region
  
Upper Savonia sub-region

Area rank
  
65th largest in Finland

Weather
  
2°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 49% Humidity

Pielavesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 4,737 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,153.23 square kilometres (445.26 sq mi) of which 253.27 km2 (97.79 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.6/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Iisalmi, Keitele, Kiuruvesi, Maaninka, Pihtipudas, Pyhäjärvi, and Tervo. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Contents

Map of 72400 Pielavesi, Finland

Famous people

  • Urho Kekkonen, a late President of Finland who ruled the country over two decades, was born in Pielavesi in a log cabin called Lepikon torppa.
  • Ilpo Saastamoinen, musician and composer
  • Antti Ruuskanen, javelin thrower and Olympic medalist

    • Pielavesi is also well known for its successful volleyball club, Pielaveden Sampo.

    Lake

    On the north-western side of the village lies lake Pielavesi.

    References

    Pielavesi Wikipedia
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