Kiuruvesi

Kiuruveden kaupunki

coat of arms	map
Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	North Savo
Administrative community :	Obersavo
Geographical location	63 ° 39 ′  N , 26 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 63 ° 39 ′  N , 26 ° 37 ′  E
Surface:	1,422.91 km²
of which land area:	1,328.12 km²
of which inland waterways:	94.79 km²
Residents :	8,153 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	6.1 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number :	263
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	kiuruvesi.fi

Kiuruvesi [ ˈkiuruvɛsi ] is a town in the Finnish region of Savo with 8,153 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located in the northwest of the country Savo 120 km northeast of the city of Kuopio on the border with Northern Ostrobothnia and Kainuu .

overview

The city center takes up only a small part of the total area of ​​1,422.97 square kilometers. In the extensive, rural surrounding area are the villages Aittojärvi, Hautakylä, Heinäkylä, Honkaranta, Kalliokylä, Koivujärvi, Korpijoki, Koskenkylä, Lahnajoki, Lapinsalo, Laukkala, Luupuvesi, Löytänä, Piajakmankkoäki, Paajakylä, Näytänä, Niemiskylä, Najakkokaäki, Rájakyläka, Nájakoka Remeskylä, Rytky, Ryönänjoki, Salmijärvi, Salmenkylä, Sulkava, Tihilä, Toiviaiskylä and Turhala.

Founded in 1873, the municipality has been a city since 1993. After the Winter War , around 2000 Karelians from the eastern territories, which Finland had to cede to the Soviet Union, were settled in Kiuruvesi in 1940 . In the center of Kiuruvesi there is next to the Evangelical Lutheran Church an Orthodox church, which was built in 1957 for the new settlers belonging to the Eastern Church. In the 1960s the population of the municipality was at its highest level with 17,000, since then it has fallen to below 10,000 due to the constant migration to the metropolitan areas of southern Finland.

Kiuruvesi is traditionally characterized by agriculture. In 2003, 27 percent of the city's workforce worked in the agriculture and forestry sector. The main products are milk and beef. A tenth of the agricultural area of ​​Kiuruvesi is farmed organically , which is why the city calls itself the “capital of organic Finland”.

politics

City council

The strongest political force in Kiuruvesi is the rural-liberal Center Party . In the 2017 local elections she received 46.5% of the vote. In the city council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, it has an absolute majority with 17 of 33 deputies. The second strongest force in the council is the left-wing alliance with seven seats. The National Assembly Party with seven seats, the right-wing populist True Finns with two and the Christian Democrats with one seat are also represented on the city council . The Social Democrats were unable to win a seat with 2.7% of the votes.

Composition of the city council since 2017

Political party	2012 election results	Seats
Center Party	46.5% (+4.4)	17 (+1)
Left alliance	20.9% (+0.8)	7 (± 0)
National rally party	19.1% (−2.2)	6 (−2)
True Finns	5.7% (−4.2)	2 (−1)
Christian Democrats	5.2% (+1.6)	1 (± 0)
Social democrats	2.7% (+0.4)	0 (± 0)

sons and daughters of the town

• Paavo Lonkila (1923–2017), cross-country skier
• Soini Nikkinen (1923–2012), javelin thrower

Web links

Commons : Kiuruvesi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
3. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2017 local elections