Kontiolahti
Template:Infobox Finnish municipality Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the North Karelia region, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Kontiolax" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Kontiolahti" also in Swedish.[3]
Kontiolahti hosted the Biathlon World Championships in 1990, 1999 and 2015.[4]
See also
References
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- ^ ""Kontiolahden Urheilijat". Kontiolahti: Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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External links
Media related to Kontiolahti at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Kontiolahti – Official website, finnish, english, germany and russian
- Sirnihta Holiday Villa's
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