Lieksa
Lieksa | |
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Town | |
| Lieksan kaupunki Lieksa stad | |
 Town center of Lieksa | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lieksa in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°19′N 030°01′E / 63.317°N 30.017°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Pielinen Karelia |
| Charter | 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Esko Lehto, Tino Timonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,067.60 km2 (1,570.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,418.46 km2 (1,319.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 15th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,344 |
| • Rank | 94th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.03/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 5.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 9.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52% |
| • 65 or older | 38.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.lieksa.fi |
Lieksa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯ksɑ]) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,344 (28 February 2023)[2] and covers an area of 4,067.60 square kilometres (1,570.51 sq mi) of which 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.03 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town of Lieksa was established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated.
Geography[edit]
Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.
Populated places[edit]
Populated places within Lieksa include:
Climate[edit]
Lieksa has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) with more continental characteristics than most of Scandinavia, making it prone to extreme temperatures, especially in winter. In summer temperatures regularly exceed 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and the highest temperature ever recorded was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in July 1934. Also, during the Heatwave of 2010, the temperature in Lieksa reached 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) degrees. In winter, the snow cover is usually around 60 cm deep. On a typical winter night, the temperature drops to around −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) and readings as low as −30.0 °C (−22.0 °F) are not unusual. The coldest temperature ever observed in Lieksa was −47.0 °C (−52.6 °F) in December 1919.[6]
| Climate data for Lieksa, 1981-2010 normals, extremes 1916-present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−8 (18) |
2.4 (36.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−1.8 (28.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.8 (−43.2) |
−42.4 (−44.3) |
−38.8 (−37.8) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
−47.0 (−52.6) |
−47.0 (−52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) |
31 (1.2) |
31 (1.2) |
28 (1.1) |
48 (1.9) |
68 (2.7) |
83 (3.3) |
80 (3.1) |
64 (2.5) |
56 (2.2) |
47 (1.9) |
45 (1.8) |
620 (24.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 21 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 201 |
| Source 1: FMI[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: FMI (record highs and lows)[8] | |||||||||||||
Notable natives[edit]
- Heino Kaski (1885–1957), composer
- Mira Jalosuo (born 1989), Olympic ice hockey medalist
- Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force
- Jorma J. Rissanen (1933–2020), information theorist
- Marutei Tsurunen (弦念丸呈, ツルネン・マルテイ, Tsurunen Marutei, born Martti Turunen in 1940), Finnish-born Japanese politician and first European-born member of the Diet of Japan
- Heikki Turunen (born 1945), author
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/15734/2009nro8.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y[bare URL PDF]
- ^ "FMI normals 1981-2010" (PDF). FMI. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "FMI open data". FMI. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
External links[edit]
Lieksa travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Lieksa at Wikimedia Commons- Town of Lieksa – Official site
- Pocket Facts
- Lieksa daily photo – Unofficial daily photo
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