Pielavesi
Sign in to savePielavesi () is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Geography articles needing translation from Finnish Wikipedia and Pielavesi.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pielavesi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- The birthplace Lepikon Torppa of the finnish president Urho Kekkonen.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lepikon Torppa, the birthplace of Urho Kekkonen
- Settlement.image_shield
- Pielavesi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Pielavesi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Pielavesi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Savo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Upper Savo
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sami Miettinen (since 2010)
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +02:00
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Pielaveden kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kuopio Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 4073
- Area
- 253.28
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Tervo
- Official website
- pielavesi.fi/en
- Image
- Venesatama Pielaveden kirkonkylä Pielavesi 01.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Pielavesi
- Commons category
- Pielavesi
- twinned administrative body
- Kalix Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pielavesi
- associated electoral district
- Savo-Karelia
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Upper Savonia
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=595
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Pielavesi () is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The birchbark horns in the coat of arms are reminiscent of the times when they were used for signaling in a settlement that spread over large forest areas. They were also used to scare forest predators away from cattle while they were grazing in forest pastures. The golden trefoil crosses refers to the parts of three old church parishes that formed the Pielavesi parish. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and Niilo Toikkanen, and was approved by the Pielavesi Municipal Council on July 26 and December 15, 1953. The Ministry of the Interior confirmed the coat of arms for use on January 23, 1954.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pielavesi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations