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Lieksa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯ksɑ]) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,073 (31 October 2024) 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. The population density is 2.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.6/sq mi).
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.




Geography


Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.




= Populated places

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Populated places within Lieksa include:

Mätäsvaara
Vieki




= Climate

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Lieksa has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc), 0.7°C away from the threshold of the humid continental climate. Lieksa has more continental characteristics than most of the Nordics and Finland, 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.




Notable natives



Heino Kaski (1885–1957), composer
Mira Jalosuo (born 1989), Olympic ice hockey medalist
Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force
Jorma J. Rissanen (1933–2020), information theorist
Marutei Tsurunen (弦念丸呈, ツルネン・マルテイ, Tsurunen Marutei, born Martti Turunen in 1940), Finnish-born Japanese politician and first European-born member of the Diet of Japan
Heikki Turunen (born 1945), author




See also


Lieksanjoki
Koli National Park
Koli, Finland
Kuhmo
Reboly




References






External links


Lieksa travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Lieksa at Wikimedia Commons
Town of Lieksa – Official site
Pocket Facts
Lieksa daily photo – Unofficial daily photo

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