Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region, about 20 kilometres north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of 15,092 and covers an area of 1,029.82 square kilometres of which 230.1 km2 is water.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kontiolahti Church and Kontiolahti railway station.
Kontiolahti railway station
Railway station
Photo: Junafani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kontiolahti railway station is situated 3½ km south of Kontiolahti.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kontioniemi.
Kontiolahti
- Type: Locality with 15,000 residents
- Also known as: “276”
- Location: Joensuu, North Karelia, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.7612° or 62° 45′ 40″ northLongitude
29.8827° or 29° 52′ 58″ eastPopulation
15,000Elevation
137 metres (449 feet)Open location code
9GJFQV6M+F3GeoNames ID
651660
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Kontiolahti” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kontiolax”
- Finnish: “Kontiolahden Kunta”
- Finnish: “Kontiolahti”
- Icelandic: “Kontiolax”
- Norwegian: “Kontiolax”
- Swedish: “Kontiolax”
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