Pieksämäki

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Pieksämäki coat of arms Location of Pieksämäki in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : South Savo
Administrative community : Pieksämäki
Geographical location 62 ° 18 ′  N , 27 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 62 ° 18 ′  N , 27 ° 8 ′  E
Surface: 1,836.40 km²
of which land area: 1,569.84 km²
of which inland waterways: 266.56 km²
Residents : 17,933 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 11.4 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 593
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.pieksamaki.fi

Pieksämäki [ ˈpie̯ksæˌmæki ] is a town with 17,933 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in eastern Finland . It is located about 300 kilometers northeast of the capital Helsinki in the Lake District of the landscape Savo .

The place became independent as a market town in 1930 under the name Pieksämä . In 1948 the market town was renamed Pieksänmäki, and since 1962 the place has had city ​​rights . The outskirts of the city formed the rural community Pieksämäki ( Pieksämä maalaiskunta ), which merged in 2004 with the communities Jäppilä and Virtasalmi to form Pieksänmaa . On January 1, 2007, Pieksämäki and Pieksänmaa merged. The new town bears the name Pieksämäki and the coat of arms of the former municipality Pieksänmaa.

Pieksämäki is one of the most important transport hubs in Finland. The north-south connection from Kouvola to Kontiomäki and the east-west axis from Jyväskylä to Joensuu intersect here ; Pieksämäki is also the terminus of both a railway line to Parikkala in southeast Finland and the Jyväskylä – Pieksämäki railway .

The wooden parish church of Pieksämäki was built in 1753 according to plans by A. Sorsa.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018