Pielavesi

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Pielaveden kunta
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Pielavesi coat of arms Location of Pielavesi in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : North Savo
Administrative community : Obersavo
Geographical location 63 ° 14 ′  N , 26 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 63 ° 14 ′  N , 26 ° 45 ′  E
Surface: 1,406.58 km²
of which land area: 1,153.32 km²
of which inland waterways: 253.26 km²
Residents : 4,498 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 3.9 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 595
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : pielavesi.fi

Pielavesi [ ˈpiɛlɑvɛsi ] is a municipality in the Finnish region of Savo with 4498 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located in the west of the North Savo Landscape, 52 kilometers southwest of Iisalmi and 75 kilometers northwest of Kuopio . The neighboring communities of Pielavesi are Kiuruvesi in the north, Iisalmi in the northeast, Kuopio in the southeast, Tervo in the south, Keitele in the southwest and Pyhäjärvi and Pihtipudas in the west.

location

The extensive municipal area of ​​Pielavesi has an area of ​​1,406.29 square kilometers, of which almost a fifth is water. On the lake shores of Pielavesi, which have a total length of 914 kilometers, there are 1500 holiday homes . Besides the community center belonging to Pielavesi the villages Heinämäki, Joutsenniemi, Jylhä, Jylänki, Karjala, Koivujärvi, Kotaniemi, Kuivaniemi, Kurolanlahti, Lammassalo, Lampaanjärvi, Lappetelä, Laukkala, Leppämäki, Löytynjärvi, Löytynmäki, Niemisjärvi, Pahkamäki, Pajumäki, Pappila, Pauha, Pukara, Saarela, Sulkava, Säviä, Taipale, Tallus, Tommanmäki, Tuovilanlahti, Vaaraslahti and Venetmäki.

history

In 1683 a chapel of the parish of Iisalmi was founded in Pielavesi. This was originally located on the island of Kirkkosaari, where a church tower from 1754 can still be seen today. In 1878 the wooden church of Pielavesi was built in today's parish center, which has served as the parish church since then.

politics

Municipal council

The dominant political force in Pielavesi is the rural-liberal Center Party . In the 2017 local elections, it achieved the largest number of mandates with almost 45% of the vote and 13 of the 27 seats on the local council. It is followed by the right-wing populist True Finns with five seats. The left alliance with four members as well as the conservative National Collection Party and the Social Democrats with two representatives each are also represented in the local council . The Christian Democrats have one seat.

Composition of the municipal council since 2017
Political party Election result 2017 Seats
Finnish Center Party 44.7% (−4.0) 13 (−1)
True Finns 18.0% (+0.7) 5 (± 0)
Left alliance 15.3% (+1.3) 4 (± 0)
National rally party 9.0% (+1.5) 2 (± 0)
Social democrats 8.1% (−2.3) 2 (± 0)
Christian Democrats 4.1% (+2.0) 1 (+1)
Green covenant 0.8% (+0.8) 0 (± 0)

Sons and daughters

The best-known figure in the community is Urho Kekkonen , who was President of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He was born on September 3, 1900 in the Lepikko farm in Pielavesi. The writer Lauri Kokkonen was born in Pielavesi on August 9, 1918. Among other things he wrote the libretto for the opera “The Last Temptations” composed by his second cousin. Another pride of the community residents is the two-time Finnish volleyball champion Pielaveden Sampo . Javelin thrower Antti Ruuskanen, who was born in Pielavesi in 1984, also belongs to this club .

Others

Pielavesi is one of the settings in Leena Lehtolainen's family novel Kun luulit unohtaneesi (2002; German: You thought you had forgotten , 2007).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  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