Siilinjärvi
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Siilinjärvi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in North Savo, north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently translates literally as "Hedgehog's Lake", although its etymology actually stems from a Sámi word meaning "winter dwelling". Lakes are essential part of the geography of Siilinjärvi. There are 123 lakes, and the biggest of them are Kallavesi and Juurusvesi–Akonvesi. Water area is 106.85 km2, which is 21% of the whole area of Siilinjärvi.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Siilinjärvi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Siilinjärven kirkko.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Siilinjärvi church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Siilinjärvi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Siilinjärvi sijainti Suomi.svg
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- Location of Siilinjärvi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Savo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kuopio
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Vesa Lötjönen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1925
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Siilinjärven kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kuopio Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 21290
- Area
- 106.81
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Lapinlahti
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.siilinjarvi.fi
- Image
- Siilinjärvi Church 2023-08-06.jpg
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- associated electoral district
- Savo-Karelia
- twinned administrative body
- Kamennogorsk
- Commons category
- Siilinjärvi
- topic's main category
- Category:Siilinjärvi
- inception
- 1925-01-01
- native label
- Siilinjärvi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Siilinjärvi
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Kuopio sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=749
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Economy
- Services
- Energy production and water supply
- Fire and rescue services
- Culture
- Food
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- See also
- References
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Siilinjärvi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in North Savo, north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently translates literally as "Hedgehog's Lake", although its etymology actually stems from a Sámi word meaning "winter dwelling". Lakes are essential part of the geography of Siilinjärvi. There are 123 lakes, and the biggest of them are Kallavesi and Juurusvesi–Akonvesi. Water area is 106.85 km2, which is 21% of the whole area of Siilinjärvi.
The median age is relatively low; 23% of the population are under 15 years old. Siilinjärvi has eleven elementary schools and two secondary schools (one is located in Suininlahti and one downtown).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siilinjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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