Porovesi
Porovesi is a medium-sized lake in the Vuoksi main catchment area. It is located in the Iisalmi town, North Savo region in Finland.Photo: Per Ola Wiberg, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iisalmi railway station and Holy Cross Church.
Iisalmi railway station
Railway station
Photo: Vek89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Iisalmi railway station is situated 4 km east of Porovesi.
Holy Cross Church
Church
Photo: Jisis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Cross Church, also known as Iisalmi New Church, is a stone church in Iisalmi, Finland, which was consecrated in 1934. The church, designed by Eino Pitkänen, is a basilica with an end tower. Holy Cross Church is situated 3 km northeast of Porovesi.
Iisalmi City Library
Library
Photo: TLindfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iisalmi City Library is situated 3 km northeast of Porovesi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iisalmi.
Iisalmi
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Iisalmi is a town and municipality in the region of North Savo in Finland. It is located 87 kilometres north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of 20,330, which makes it the second largest of the five towns in North Savo in population, only Kuopio being larger.
Porovesi
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Iisalmi, Finland
- Categories: lake or pond and body of water
- Location: North Savonia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Porovesi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Porovesi” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Porovesi”
- Arabic: “بورافسي”
- Bulgarian: “Поровеси”
- Cebuano: “Porovesi”
- Dutch: “Porovesi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره بورافسى”
- Esperanto: “Porovesi”
- Finnish: “Porovesi”
- French: “Porovesi”
- German: “Porovesi”
- Irish: “Porovesi”
- Italian: “Porovesi”
- Japanese: “ポロヴェシ”
- Japanese: “ポロヴェシ湖”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Porovesi”
- Swedish: “Porovesi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Laasonlahti and Porovesi.
Notable Places Nearby
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