Kiuruvesi
Town in Northern Savonia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kiuruvesi is a town and municipality of Finland located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 7,475[2] and covers an area of 1,422.90 square kilometres (549.38 sq mi) of which 94.79 km2 (36.60 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.63 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.6/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Iisalmi, Pielavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Vieremä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Kiuruvesi | |
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Town | |
Kiuruveden kaupunki Kiuruvesi stad | |
Coordinates: 63°39′N 026°37′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Savonia |
Sub-region | Upper Savonia |
Charter | 1873 |
Town privileges | 1993 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Juha-Pekka Rusanen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,422.90 km2 (549.38 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,328.19 km2 (512.82 sq mi) |
• Water | 94.79 km2 (36.60 sq mi) |
• Rank | 51st largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,475 |
• Rank | 129th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.63/km2 (14.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.1% (official) |
• Others | 1.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.5% |
• 15 to 64 | 54.4% |
• 65 or older | 31.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.kiuruvesi.fi |
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