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Pielisjärvi is a former municipality in the region of North Karelia in Finland. The municipality had inhabitants in 1970. Pielisjärvi was a Finnish-speaking municipality.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Pielisjärvi
Settlement.settlement_type
Former municipality
Settlement.image_shield
Pielisjärvi.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.image_map
Pielisjärvi.1960.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Northern Karelia Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
North Karelia
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
3462
Settlement.population_total
16150
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Country
Finland
Located in
Kuopio Province
Area
3462
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pielisjärvi is a former municipality in the region of North Karelia in Finland. The municipality had inhabitants in 1970. Pielisjärvi was a Finnish-speaking municipality.

Pielisjärvi municipality was joined with the city of Lieksa in 1973.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pielisjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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