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Iisalmi
Iisalmi (; ) is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality in the regions of Finland, region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second largest of the five towns in Northern Savonia in population, only Kuopio being larger. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. In the 2010s, Iisalmi is known as an export industry town, as well as a significant study town in the region. History Iisalmi traces its roots back to 1627, when the parish of Iisalmi was formed around the local church. The town's old wooden church, Gustav Adolf Church, Iisalmi, Gustav Adolf Church, was consecrated in 1780. In the 18th century, when Finland was under Swedish control, Sweden was frequently at war with Imperial Russia, and the area of Battle of Koljonvirta, Koljonvirta in Iisalmi w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Savonia
North Savo (or Northern Savonia; ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the region and Kallavesi, Lake Kallavesi is the largest lake in the region. The region's traditional food is a fish and bacon filling pie called ''Kalakukko''. Historical provinces ''For history, geography and culture see: Savo (historical province), Savo'' Municipalities The region of North Savo consists of 19 municipalities of Finland, municipalities, five of which have city status (marked in bold). Municipalities on the map Sub-regions Northeast Savo * Kaavi * Rautavaara * Tuusniemi Kuopio sub-region * Kuopio * Siilinjärvi Inner Savo * Rautalampi * Suonenjoki * Tervo * Vesanto Varkaus sub-region * Joroinen (''Jorois'') * Leppävirta * Varkaus Upper Savo * Iisalmi (''Idensalmi'') * Keitele * Kiuruvesi * Lapinlahti * Pielavesi * Sonkajärvi * Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iisalmi Railway Station
Iisalmi railway station (, ) is located in Iisalmi, Finland. The station is operated by VR. The Finnish Heritage Agency has classified Iisalmi railway station as a nationally significant built cultural environment.Iisalmen rautatieasema (in Finnish) Nationally significant built cultural environments (''Valtakunnallisesti merkittävät rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt) RKY'', Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-04. History Iisalmi railway station was opened on July 1, 1902 as the expansion of the Savonia railway from to Iisalmi was opened. The woo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Adolf Church, Iisalmi
Gustav Adolf Church (, ), also known as Iisalmi Old Church (, ), is a wooden church in Iisalmi, Finland, which was consecrated in 1780. The Finnish Heritage Agency has classified the church as a nationally significant built cultural environment.Iisalmen vanha kirkko – Finnish Heritage Agency (in Finnish) Prior to the union of municipalities and parishes in the early 1970s, the Gustav Adolf Church was the main church of the Iisalmen maalaiskunta, Iisalmi rural parish, while the town parish used a Holy Cross Church, Iisalmi, new church completed in 1934. The church was to be named after the then Swedish heir to the crown, Gustav IV Adolf, Gustav Adolf, and the use of the name was approved by the ruler later in the autumn. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Savonia
Upper Savo, or Upper Savonia, is a subdivision of North Savo and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 58.5% * Paavo Väyrynen 10.4% * Matti Vanhanen 9.8% * Laura Huhtasaari 8.2% * Pekka Haavisto 6.3% * Merja Kyllönen 4.3% * Tuula Haatainen 2.2% * Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ... 0.3% Sub-regions of Finland Geography of North Savo {{Finland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kajaani
Kajaani (; ), is a town in Finland and the regional capital of Kainuu. Kajaani is located southeast of Oulujärvi, Lake Oulu, which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulujoki, Oulu River. The population of Kajaani is approximately , while the Kajaani sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. The town was founded in the 17th century, fueled by the growth of the tar industry, but it was preceded by a long history of settlements. During the Finland during the Great Northern War, Great Northern War it succumbed to Russian forces, who ruined Kajaani Castle in 1716. Today, the local economy is mainly driven by the sawmill, lumber, and paper industry, paper industries, although UPM Kymmene's paper mill, the main employer from 1907 until 2008, has since closed. Kajaani Church, Kajaani's church was built in 1896 in the Neo-Gothic style by the architect Jac Ahrenberg to replace an earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Porovesi
Porovesi is a medium-sized lake in the Vuoksi main catchment area. It is located in the Iisalmi town, Northern Savonia region in Finland.Porovesi in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-01. See also *List of lakes in Finland
Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs with a surface area larger than 10 km². There are about 5,600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100'000 square metres), and 187,888 lakes ...
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Battle Of Koljonvirta
The Battle of Koljonvirta (, ) i.e. the ''Battle of the Virta Bridge'', also known as the battle of Idensalmi, was fought between Swedish and Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...n troops on October 27, 1808. The Swedish force consisted of troops from Savolax and Östergötland. After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians. Sandels found a good defensive position north of Idensalmi (now Iisalmi) and decided to resist the Russian advance there. Between September 29 and October 27 a cease-fire was in effect. Sandels was heavily outnumbered but had a good defensive position between two lakes connected by the Koljonvirta river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Haapajärvi
Lake Haapajärvi is a middle size lake in the area of Iisalmi, Northern Savonia, Finland. There are 38 lakes with the name Haapajärvi in Finland, with this particular lake being the largest in size. See also *List of lakes in Finland Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs with a surface area larger than 10 km². There are about 5,600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100'000 square metres), and 187,888 lakes ... References Finnish Environment Institute: Lakes in FinlandEtelä-Savon ympäristökeskus: Saimaa, nimet ja rajaukset Lakes of Iisalmi {{Finland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuopio
Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the seventh most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country. Kuopio has a total area of , of which is water and half is forest. Although the city's population density, population is spread over , the city's urban areas are comparatively densely populated (urban area: 1,618 /km²), making Kuopio the second most densely populated city in Finland. At the end of 2018, its urban area had a population of approximately 90,000. Together with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic and cultural centres of Eastern Finland. Kuopio is nationally known as one of the most important education in Finland, study cities and centres of attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of Finland
The following is a list of cities and towns (, ) in Finland. The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality. Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. The following list includes the municipalities that use the word in their official name. For cities and towns founded before the 1960s, the list includes the year it was chartered. The names used in this encyclopedia are usually the Finnish or Swedish forms, depending on the majority language of the municipality, except when there is a commonly used English name. Cities (founded) See also * List of municipalities of Finland *List of urban areas in Finland by population Notes References External links * {{Europe topic, List of towns in, FI={{PAGENAME Finland Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olvi
Olvi plc (, ) is a Finland, Finnish brewery and soft drinks company founded in 1878 by the brewer Williams Gideon Åberg and his wife Onni. It currently holds 18.7% of Finland's market share in beverages, making it the third-largest producer of beer, cider and soft drinks in Finland and the largest Finnish-owned business in its sector. Among its subsidiaries, A. Le Coq is the second largest beverage company in Estonia and Volfas Engelman is the third largest beverage company in Lithuania. Olvi also has businesses in Latvia (Cēsu Alus) and Belarus (Lidskаe Pivа). In May 2021, Olvi bought a controlling stake in Denmark, Denmark's fourth largest brewery A/S Bryggeriet Vestfyen. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine on March 5, 2022, Olvi announced that it was ceasing exports to Russia and leaving Belarus. Beers *Olvi (beer), Olvi (Ykkönen, III, Export, Tuplapukki, HALKO) *Sandels (beer), Sandels (III, IV A, Tumma, Special Edition) *A. Le Coq (Premium, Porter, Gold, Pils, Alexa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Onkivesi
Onkivesi is a rather large lake of Finland. It belongs to the Vuoksi main catchment area. It is located in the Northern Savonia region and mostly in Lapinlahti municipality. Water in the lake is somewhat brownish partly due to natural inflows and partly due to the location in an agricultural area.Onkivesi in the Jarviwiki Web Service Retrieved 2014-03-02. See also *List of lakes in Finland
Most lakes in Finland are small, but there are 309 lakes or reservoirs with a surface area larger than 10 km². There are about 5,600 lakes in Finland that are larger than 0.1 km² (10 hectares or 100 ...
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