Kiuruvesi

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Town in Northern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Kiuruvesi in Finland

Coordinates: 63°39′N 026°37′E / 63.650°N 26.617°E / 63.650; 26.617Country

FinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionUpper SavoniaCharter1873Town privileges1993Government

• Town managerJuha-Pekka RusanenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,422.90 km² (549.38 sq mi) • Land1,328.19 km² (512.82 sq mi) • Water94.79 km² (36.60 sq mi) • Rank51st largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,475 • Rank129th largest in Finland • Density5.63/km² (14.6/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish98.1% (official) • Others1.9%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1414.5% • 15 to 6454.4% • 65 or older31.1%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.kiuruvesi.fi

Kiuruvesi is a town and municipality of Finland located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 7,475^[2] and covers an area of 1,422.90 square kilometres (549.38 sq mi) of which 94.79 km² (36.60 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.63 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.6/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Iisalmi, Pielavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Vieremä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

Notable residents

Jari Huttunen, rally driver^{[citation needed]}
Paavo Lonkila, cross country skier^{[citation needed]}
Elias Simojoki, leading figure in the fascist movement in the 1930s^{[citation needed]}

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kiuruvesi:

Centre Party 41.7%
True Finns 20.8%
Left Alliance 14.6%
National Coalition Party 12.2%
Social Democratic Party 5.6%
Christian Democrats 2.7%
Green League 1.6%

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.