Pieksämäki

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Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Pieksämäki is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.The town 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].. Neighbour municipalities are Hankasalmi, Joroinen, Juva, Kangasniemi, Leppävirta, Mikkeli, Rautalampi and Suonenjoki.

The town of Pieksämäki was formed on January 1, 2007 with the consolidation of the municipalities of Pieksämäki and Pieksänmaa.

Pieksämäki railway station is an important junction for the Finnish railway network, and Savo Railway Museum is located in the area.

Diaconia University of Applied Sciences has a campus in Pieksämäki.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 in Pieksämäki:

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — sister cities

Pieksämäki is twinned with:

Notable people

References

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External links

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