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Pieksämäki
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Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Joroinen, Juva, Kangasniemi, Leppävirta, Mikkeli, Rautalampi and Suonenjoki.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pieksämäki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pieksämäki - Keskuskatu.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Pieksämäki.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Pieksämäki sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Pieksämäki in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Savo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pieksämäki
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ulla Nykänen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1962
- Settlement.established_title2
- Re-established
- Settlement.established_date2
- 2007
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- railway town
- Official name
- Pieksämäen kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Mikkeli Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 17050
- Area
- 267.21
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Suonenjoki
- Follows
- Pieksänmaa
- Official website
- www.pieksamaki.fi
- Image
- Pieksämäki - Keskuskatu.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pieksämäki
- topic's main category
- Category:Pieksämäki
- twinned administrative body
- Gyöngyös
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Pieksämäki
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pieksämäki
- Commons gallery
- Pieksämäki
- inception
- 1962-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Southeast Finland
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Pieksämäki sub-region
- different from
- Pieksämäki sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=593
- P12749
- Norderstedt
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Formation
- Transport
- Education
- Politics
- International relations
- Twin towns — sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Joroinen, Juva, Kangasniemi, Leppävirta, Mikkeli, Rautalampi and Suonenjoki.
==Formation== Pieksämäki was granted town privileges in 1962 and enlarged on 1 January 2007 with the consolidation of the Pieksämäki and Pieksänmaa municipalities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pieksämäki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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