North Savonia
North Savonia is a province in the Finnish Lakeland, north of Saimaa proper, but with connecting waterways.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kuopio and Iisalmi.
Kuopio
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Kuopio is the capital and largest city of North Savonia. The city is surrounded by lakes from three sides, which supplies loads of beaches and the feeling of water being always close.
Iisalmi
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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.
Varkaus
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Varkaus is a town in North Savonia. The adjacent municipalities of Joroinen and Kangaslampi are also handled in this article.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Suonenjoki and Kiuruvesi.
Suonenjoki
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Suonenjoki is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 50 kilometres southwest of Kuopio. The town has a population of 6,615 and covers an area of 862.34 square kilometres of which 148.78 km2 is water.
Kiuruvesi
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Kiuruvesi is a town and municipality of Finland located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 7,338 and covers an area of 1,422.90 square kilometres of which 94.79 km2 is water.
Siilinjärvi
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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.
Pielavesi
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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.
Kaavi
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Kaavi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. Kaavi is also a part of historical Karelia. The municipality has a population of 2,578 and covers an area of 789.59 square kilometres of which 115.49 km2 is water.
Vieremä
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Vieremä is a municipality of Finland in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 3,353 and covers an area of 973.35 square kilometres of which 48.2 km2 is water.
Sonkajärvi
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Sonkajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in North Savo region, 105 kilometres north of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 3,551 and covers an area of 1,576.78 square kilometres of which 110.86 km2 is water.
Lapinlahti
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Lapinlahti is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savo region, located 59 kilometres north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 8,856 and covers an area of 1,245.16 square kilometres of which 148.58 km2 is water.
Vesanto
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Vesanto is a town and municipality in North Savonia. Officially founded in 1871, the town's church was built in 1857.
Tuusniemi
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Tuusniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 59 kilometres east of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of 2,312 and covers an area of 699.43 square kilometres of which 156.15 km2 is water.
Tervo
Tervo is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,398, making it North Savo's least populous municipality.
Rautavaara
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Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,403 and covers an area of 1,235.26 square kilometres of which 84.09 km2 is water.
Rautalampi
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Rautalampi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 2,953 and covers an area of 761.98 square kilometres of which 222.99 km2 is water.
Leppävirta
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Leppävirta is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region, 56 kilometres south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of 8,974 and covers an area of 1,519.64 square kilometres of which 383.62 km2 is water.
Keitele
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Keitele is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,964 and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres of which 96.59 km2 is water.
North Savonia
- Type: region of Finland with 244,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Norra Savolax”, “North Savo”, “North Savo region”, “North Savo Region”, “Northern Savo”, “Northern Savonia”, and “Pohjois-Savo”
- Neighbors: Central Finland, North Karelia, and South Savonia
- Location: Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“North Savonia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Savonia Veriore”
- Arabic: “سافو الشمالية”
- Armenian: “Հյուսիսային Սավո”
- Asturian: “Savonia del Norte”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimali Savo”
- Azerbaijani: “Şimali Savoniya”
- Balinese: “Savo Kalér”
- Basque: “Ipar Savonia”
- Belarusian: “Паўночнае Сава”
- Bengali: “উত্তর সাভোনিয়া”
- Bosnian: “Sjeverna Savonija”
- Catalan: “Savònia del Nord”
- Cebuano: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Chinese: “Pak Savonia Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “北萨沃”
- Chinese: “北萨沃区”
- Chinese: “北萨沃尼亚区”
- Chinese: “北薩沃區”
- Chinese: “北薩沃尼亞區”
- Chinese: “北薩窩”
- Czech: “Severní Savo”
- Danish: “Norra Savolax”
- Danish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Dutch: “Norra Savolax”
- Dutch: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Esperanto: “Norda Savonio”
- Esperanto: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Savo maakond”
- Estonian: “Põhja-Savo”
- Finnish: “Norra Savolax”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Savon maakunta”
- Finnish: “Pohjois-Savon Maakunta”
- Finnish: “Savo” (historical)
- French: “Norra Savolax”
- French: “Pohjois-Savo”
- French: “Savonie du Nord”
- Galician: “Savonia do Norte”
- Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი სავონია”
- German: “Nordsavo”
- German: “Norra Savolax”
- German: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Greek: “Βόρεια Σαβονία”
- Gujarati: “નોર્ધન સાવોનિયા”
- Hebrew: “סאבו הצפונית”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी सवोनिया”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Savo”
- Icelandic: “Norður-Savonía”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Savo eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Tave-Savo eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Norra Savolax”
- Indonesian: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Indonesian: “Savo Utara”
- Indonesian: “Savonia Utara”
- Irish: “An tSabhóin Thuaidh”
- Italian: “Norra Savolax”
- Italian: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Italian: “Savo settentrionale”
- Italian: “Savo Settentrionale”
- Japanese: “北サヴォ県”
- Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಸವೊನಿಯಾ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Похьёйс Саво”
- Korean: “북사보 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaPohjoisSavoGola”
- Latvian: “Ziemeļsavo”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Savas”
- Lombard: “Savonia del Nord”
- Macedonian: “Северна Савонија”
- Malay: “Northern Savonia”
- Marathi: “नॉर्दर्न सवोनो”
- Mazanderani: “شمالی ساوونیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Savonia Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurdsavo”
- Northern Sami: “Davvi-Savo eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Norra Savolax”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norra Savolax”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Norwegian: “Norra Savolax”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Savònia del Nòrd”
- Ossetian: “Цæгат Саво”
- Persian: “ساوونیای شمالی”
- Polish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Polish: “Sawonia Północna”
- Portuguese: “Norra Savolax”
- Portuguese: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Portuguese: “Savónia do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Savônia do Norte”
- Romanian: “Savonia de Nord”
- Russian: “Похйойс-Саво”
- Russian: “Саво”
- Russian: “Северная Савония”
- Russian: “Северное Саво”
- Russian: “Северный Саво”
- Scots: “Northren Savonie”
- Serbian: “Severna Savonija”
- Serbian: “Sjeverna Savonija”
- Serbian: “Северна Савонија”
- Serbian: “Сјеверна Савонија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna Savonija”
- Sinhala: “උතුරු සවොනියා”
- Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Savo mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Tâʹvv-Savo”
- Slovak: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Slovenian: “Severna Savonija”
- Spanish: “Norra Savolax”
- Spanish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Spanish: “Región de Savonia del Norte”
- Spanish: “Savonia del Norte”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Norra Savolax”
- Swedish: “Norra Savolax”
- Swedish: “Pohjois-Savo”
- Swedish: “Savolax” (historical)
- Tamil: “வடக்கு சவோனியா”
- Telugu: “ఉత్త్తర సవోనియా”
- Thai: “นอร์เทิร์นซาโวเนีย”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Savonya”
- Ukrainian: “Північна Савонія”
- Urdu: “شمالی ساوونیا”
- Vietnamese: “Bắc Savo”
- Vietnamese: “Phía Bắc Savonia”
- Western Panjabi: “اتلا ساوونیا”
- Wu Chinese: “北萨沃尼亚区”
- Yue Chinese: “北薩窩”
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