Pielavesi
Pielavesi is a town and municipality in North Savonia. It's most famous as being the birthplace of Urho Kekkonen, who served as Finland's president for almost 26 years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Pielavesi
- Type: Locality with 4,270 residents
- Also known as: “595”
- Location: Upper Savo, North Savonia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.2785° or 63° 16′ 43″ northLongitude
26.6916° or 26° 41′ 30″ eastPopulation
4,270Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)Open location code
9GM87MHR+9JGeoNames ID
641863
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Pielavesi” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Pielaveden Kunta”
- Finnish: “Pielavesi”
- Swedish: “Pielavesi”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pielavesi”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.