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Lieksa
Town in North Karelia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the 2007 film titled Lieksa! in Finnish, see The Matriarch (film).
Lieksa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯ksɑ]) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,228 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 4,067.60 square kilometres (1,570.51 sq mi) of which 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.7/sq mi).
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Lieksa | |
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Town | |
Lieksan kaupunki Lieksa stad | |
![]() Town center of Lieksa | |
![]() Location of Lieksa in Finland | |
Coordinates: 63°19′N 030°01′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | North Karelia |
Sub-region | Pielinen Karelia |
Charter | 1973 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Esko Lehto, Tino Timonen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 4,067.60 km2 (1,570.51 sq mi) |
• Land | 3,417.86 km2 (1,319.64 sq mi) |
• Water | 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) |
• Rank | 15th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,228 |
• Rank | 97th largest in Finland |
• Density | 2.99/km2 (7.7/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 94.2% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 5.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 9.9% |
• 15 to 64 | 52% |
• 65 or older | 38.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
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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.