Lieksa | |
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Town | |
| Lieksan kaupunki Lieksa stad | |
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) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Lieksa in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°19′N 030°01′E / 63.317°N 30.017°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Pielinen Karelia sub-region |
| Charter | 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Esko Lehto, Tino Timonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,067.60 km2 (1,570.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,418.46 km2 (1,319.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 15th largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,725 |
| • Rank | 91st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.14/km2 (8.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 62.5% |
| • 65 or older | 25.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Website | www.lieksa.fi |
Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,725 (31 December 2020)[2] and covers an area of 4,067.60 square kilometres (1,570.51 sq mi) of which 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.14 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.1/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town of Lieksa was established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated.
Populated places
Populated places within Lieksa include:
- Mätäsvaara
Geography and climate
Lieksa has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc) with more continental characteristics than most of Scandinavia, making it prone to extreme temperatures, especially in winter. In summer temperatures regularly exceed 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and the highest temperature ever recorded was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in July 1934. Also, during the Heatwave of 2010, the temperature in Lieksa reached 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) degrees. In winter, the snow cover is usually around 60 cm deep. On a typical winter night, the temperature drops to around −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) and readings as low as −30.0 °C (−22.0 °F) are not unusual. The coldest temperature ever observed in Lieksa was −47.0 °C (−52.6 °F) in December 1919.[6]
| Climate data for Lieksa, 1981-2010 normals, extremes 1916-present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 6.6 (43.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 31.8 (89.2) | 35.6 (96.1) | 31.9 (89.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 10.4 (50.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 35.6 (96.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −6.3 (20.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 5.8 (42.4) | −0.9 (30.4) | −4.8 (23.4) | 6.4 (43.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) | −10.3 (13.5) | −4.9 (23.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.8 (56.8) | 8.8 (47.8) | 3.3 (37.9) | −3.3 (26.1) | −8 (18) | 2.4 (36.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) | −14.8 (5.4) | −9.6 (14.7) | −3.3 (26.1) | 2.8 (37.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 0.9 (33.6) | −5.9 (21.4) | −11.6 (11.1) | −1.8 (28.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.8 (−43.2) | −42.4 (−44.3) | −38.8 (−37.8) | −21.4 (−6.5) | −15.0 (5.0) | −6.5 (20.3) | −1.5 (29.3) | −2.0 (28.4) | −7.8 (18.0) | −21.5 (−6.7) | −30.5 (−22.9) | −47.0 (−52.6) | −47.0 (−52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) | 31 (1.2) | 31 (1.2) | 28 (1.1) | 48 (1.9) | 68 (2.7) | 83 (3.3) | 80 (3.1) | 64 (2.5) | 56 (2.2) | 47 (1.9) | 45 (1.8) | 620 (24.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 21 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 201 |
| Source 1: FMI[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: FMI (record highs and lows)[8] | |||||||||||||
Notable natives
- Marutei Tsurunen (Japanese: ツルネン・マルテイ or 弦念丸呈, tsurunen marutei), born Martti Turunen in 1940-04-30, the first European-born member of the Diet of Japan.
- Ilmari Juutilainen, the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force.
- Jorma J. Rissanen, an information theorist.
- Heino Kaski, composer
- Heikki Turunen, author
See also
- Lieksanjoki
- Koli National Park
- Koli, Finland
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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- ^ "FMI normals 1981-2010" (PDF). FMI. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "FMI open data". FMI. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
External links
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Media related to Lieksa at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Lieksa – Official site
- Pocket Facts
- Lieksa daily photo – Unofficial daily photo