Siilinjärvi
Siilinjärvi is a municipality of 21,000 people in the North Savonia region of Eastern Finland. It is the second largest municipality in North Savonia in term of population after Kuopio, the neighbour and regional centre.Places of Interest
Highlights include Siilinjärvi railway station and Pöljä School.
Siilinjärvi railway station
Railway station
Photo: Junafani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siilinjärvi railway station is located in the municipality of Siilinjärvi in Northern Savonia region of Finland. Opened in 1902, the station is located on the Savonia railway and is also the western terminus of the Siilinjärvi–Viinijärvi-line, the latter of which only serves freight traffic.
Pöljä School
School
Photo: Accept-Finland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pöljä School is situated 4½ km north of Siilinjärvi.
Siilinjärvi
- Type: Locality with 21,300 residents
- Also known as: “749” and “Siilinjaervi”
- Location: Kuopio, North Savonia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.0833° or 63° 5′ northLongitude
27.6667° or 27° 40′ eastPopulation
21,300Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)Open location code
9GM93MM8+8MGeoNames ID
636948
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Siilinjärvi” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Siilinjärven Kunta”
- Finnish: “Siilinjärvi”
- Swedish: “Siilinjärvi”
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