Nurmes

Nurmes is a town and municipality of , located in the county of . The town has a population of 8,760 and covers an area of 1,854.78 square kilometres of which 253.7 km2 is water.
  • Town with about 9,130 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
  • Description: town in the region of North Karelia in Finland
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Discover Nurmes railway station and Nurmes Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porokylä.
is a suburb.
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Latitude
63.5421° or 63° 32′ 32″ north
Longitude
29.1407° or 29° 8′ 27″ east
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9GMFG4RR+V7
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Nurmes” goes by many names.
NurmesAlbanian
conceyu de NurmesAsturian
NurmesAsturian
Nurmes (conceyu de Finlandia)Asturian
НурмесBelarusian
NurmesCebuano
努尔梅斯Chinese
努爾梅斯Chinese
NurmesCzech
NurmesDanish
NurmesDutch
NurmesEsperanto
NurmesEstonian
Nurmeksen kauppalaFinnish
Nurmeksen kaupunkiFinnish
NurmesFinnish
NurmesGalician
ნურმესიGeorgian
NurmesInari Sami
NurmesIrish
NurmesItalian
ヌルメスJapanese
누르메스Korean
NurmesKotava
NurmesLivvi
NurmesLombard
НурмэсMoksha
NurmesNorthern Frisian
NurmesNorthern Sami
NurmesNorwegian
NurmesNorwegian Bokmål
NurmesNorwegian Nynorsk
نورمسPersian
NurmesPolish
NurmesRomanian
НурмесRussian
NurmesSerbo-Croatian
NurmesSilesian
NurmesSkolt Sami
NurmesSlovak
NurmesSwedish
NurmesTumbuka
NurmesTurkish
НурмесUkrainian
نرمسUrdu
NurmesUzbek
NurmesVeps
NurmesWelsh

Localities in the Area

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North Karelia: Highlights

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