Kuopio

Kuopio is a ceety an a municipality locatit in the region o Northren Savonie, Finland. A population o 122,615^[2] maks it the aicht biggest ceety in the kintra. The ceety haes a tot aurie o 4,326.35 square kilometre (1,670.41 sq mi), o which 719.85 km² (277.94 sq mi) is watter^[1] an hauf forest. The population density is anly 66 /km2 (170 /sq mi), but the ceety's urban auries are populatit very densely (urban aurie: 1 617.6 /km²^[5]), naitionally seicont anly tae capital Helsinki (urban aurie: 1,690.0/km²^[5]).^[6] The population o the entire Kuopio region is 119,472.^[7]

Kuopio
Ceety
Kuopion kaupunki
Kuopio
Coat airms
Coordinates: 62°53′33″N 027°40′42″E
Kintra	Finland
Region	Northren Savonie
Sub-region	Kuopio sub-region
Settled	1653
Charter	1775
Govrenment
• Ceety manager	Petteri Paronen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	4326.35 km2 (1,670.41 sq mi)
• Laund	1597.39 km2 (616.76 sq mi)
• Water	719.85 km2 (277.94 sq mi)
Area rank	18t lairgest in Finland
Population  (2023-02-28)[2]
• Total	122,615
• Rank	8t lairgest in Finland
• Density	76.76/km2 (198.8/sq mi)
Population bi native leid [3]
• Finnish	7,001,978,000,000,000,000♠97.8% (offeecial)
• Swadish	6,999,100,000,000,000,000♠0.1%
• Ithers	7,000,210,000,000,000,000♠2.1%
Population by age [4]
• 0 tae 14	7,001,156,000,000,000,000♠15.6%
• 15 tae 64	7,001,689,000,000,000,000♠68.9%
• 65 or aulder	7,001,154,000,000,000,000♠15.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	FI-00100
Website	www.kuopio.fi

Kuopio Toun House

The toun o Nilsiä joined Kuopio at the beginnin o the year 2013 an Kuopio’s population surpassed the 100,000 mark.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Kuopio is twinned wi:

Győr, Hungary Minneapolis, USA Winnipeg, Canadae Jönköping, Swaden Trabzon, Turkey

Svendborg, Denmark Pitkyaranta, Roushie Pskov, Roushie Castrop-Rauxel, Germany [8] Bodø, Norawa

Gera, Germany Besançon, Fraunce Opole, Poland [9] Craiova, Romanie Shanghai Pudong, Cheenae [10]

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
2. "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
5. "Taajamissa asuu 84 prosenttia väestöstä". Statistics Finland. 15 Januar 2008. Retrieved 7 Januar 2009.
6. Kuopio 2015: Jalankulku-, joukkoliikenne- ja autokaupunki. Finland’s Ministry of the Environment. p. 42. ISBN 978-952-11-2852-3. Archived frae the original on 26 Februar 2009. Retrieved 13 Januar 2014.
7. Kuopion Kaupunkilehti, 19 March 2008, bottom of page 4)
8. "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). Twins2010.com. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
9. "Miasta Partnerskie Opola". Urzad Miasta Opola (in Polish). Archived frae the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
10. "Kuopio and Shanghai Pudong have signed a sister city agreement". City of Kuopio. 20 Julie 2012. Archived frae the original on 3 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2012.