Pieksämäki () is a
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Finland
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. It is located in the
Southern Savonia
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region
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, about north of
Mikkeli
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, east of
Jyväskylä
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and south of
Kuopio. The town has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is . Neighbour municipalities are
Hankasalmi,
Joroinen
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,
Juva
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,
Kangasniemi
Kangasniemi is a municipality in the Southern Savonia region, Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Kangasniemi is located on the Finnish national road 13, north ...
,
Leppävirta
Leppävirta () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population densi ...
, Mikkeli,
Rautalampi
Rautalampi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Neigh ...
and
Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki (; literally means "vein's river") is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, southwest of the Kuopio city.
The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The pop ...
.
Formation
Pieksämäki was formed as a town on 1 January 2007 with the consolidation of the Pieksämäki and
Pieksänmaa municipalities.
Transport
Pieksämäki railway station is an important junction for the
Finnish railway network, and
Savo Railway Museum is located in the area.
Education
Diaconia University of Applied Sciences has a campus in Pieksämäki.
Politics
Results of the
2015 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 19 April 2015, with advance voting taking place from 8 to 14 April. The 200 members of the Parliament of Finland were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method.
There were 4,463,333 people entitl ...
in Pieksämäki:
*
Centre Party 33.8%
*
Social Democratic Party 23.0%
*
True Finns
The Finns Party, formerly known as the True Finns ( fi, Perussuomalaiset, PS, sv, Sannfinländarna, Sannf.), is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
The ...
14.7%
*
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti HäkkänenElina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finn ...
10.3%
*
Green League
The Green League (VIHR, fi, Vihreä liitto , sv, Gröna förbundet), shortened to the Greens ( fi, Vihreät, sv, De Gröna), is a green political party in Finland.
Ideologically, the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the polit ...
6.7%
*
Christian Democrats
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4.8%
*
Left Alliance 4.7%
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Pieksämäki is
twinned with:
*
Faaborg-Midtfyn, Denmark
*
Falkenberg
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, Sweden
*
Gyöngyös
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, Hungary
*
Porsgrunn
is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn.
The municipality of Porsgrunn w ...
, Norway
*
Shuya, Russia
Notable people
*
Rietrik Polén (1823–1884), journalist and Finnish nationalist
*
Edvard August Vainio (1853–1929,) lichenologist
*
Sylvi Kekkonen
Sylvi Kekkonen ( Uino; 12 March 1900 — 2 December 1974) was a Finnish writer and the longest-serving First Lady of Finland.
Personal life and family
Sylvi Uino was born to a middle-class family, as the fourth child of a chaplain (later vicar) ...
(1900–1974), writer and First Lady of Finland
*
Ville Leskinen (1995–), ice hockey player for
Jukurit
Mikkelin Jukurit is a professional ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (known since 2016 as Ikioma Areena). The team has won 7 Mestis (2nd highest lev ...
*
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989–), olympic swimmer
*
Esapekka Lappi
Esapekka Lappi (born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion, 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion.
Career 2012
Lappi won the 2012 Finnish Rally Championship with Ford Fiesta S200 ...
(1991–), rally driver
See also
*
Jäppilä
Jäppilä () is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004, it was merged to Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and Virtasalmi to form the new municipality of Pieksänmaa, which merged with the town of Pieksämäki in 2007. The village of Jäpp ...
References
External links
Town of Pieksämäki– Official website
Visit Pieksämäki– Official tourism website
Populated places established in 1962
1962 establishments in Finland
Cities and towns in Finland
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