Lieksa
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Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. 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]. Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.
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.
Notable natives
- Marutei Tsurunen (Japanese: ツルネン・マルテイ or 弦念丸呈, tsurunen marutei), born Martti Turunen in 1940-04-30, the first European-born member of the Diet of Japan.
- Ilmari Juutilainen, the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force.
- Jorma J. Rissanen, an information theorist.
- Heino Kaski, composer
- Heikki Turunen, author
See also
References
External links
Media related to Lieksa at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Lieksa – Official site
- Pocket Facts
- Lieksa daily photo – Unofficial daily photo