Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti (Swedish: Kontiolax) is a municipality of Finland.
Kontiolahti
Kontiolax | |
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Municipality | |
| Kontiolahden kunta Kontiolax kommun | |
 Kontiolahti Church in July 2012 | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kontiolahti in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°46′N 029°51′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Joensuu sub-region |
| Charter | 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Jere Penttilä |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,029.82 km2 (397.62 sq mi) |
| • Land | 799.72 km2 (308.77 sq mi) |
| • Water | 230.1 km2 (88.8 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 101st largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-07-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,798 |
| • Rank | 77th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 18.5/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.2% (official) |
| • Others | 1.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 22.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 66.1% |
| • 65 or older | 11.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.25% |
| Website | www.kontiolahti.fi |
It is located in the North Karelia region, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of 14,798 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 1,029.82 square kilometres (397.62 sq mi) of which 230.1 km2 (88.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 18.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (48/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Juuka, Lieksa, Liperi and Polvijärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kontiolahti hosted the Biathlon World Championships in 1990, 1999 and 2015.[6]
See also
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "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.
- ""Kontiolahden Urheilijat" [Kontiolahti Sports Club]. Kontiolahti: Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
External links
Media related to Kontiolahti at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Kontiolahti – Official website, finnish, english, germany and russian
- Sirnihta Holiday Villa's
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