Municipal tax rate 19.75% Local time Friday 4:28 PM | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website www.pielavesi.fi Region Northern Savonia | |
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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.
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Map of 72400 Pielavesi, Finland
Famous people
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(Text) CC BY-SA