Lieksa () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of ()
The municipality is unilingually Finnish language.
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
Populated places within Lieksa include:
Climate
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
Nordic countries and Finland, making it prone to extreme temperatures, especially in winter. In summer temperatures regularly exceed , and the highest temperature ever recorded was in July 1934. Also, during the Heatwave of 2010, the temperature in Lieksa reached degrees. In winter, the snow cover is usually around 60 cm deep. On a typical winter night, the temperature drops to around and readings as low as are not unusual. The coldest temperature ever observed in Lieksa was in December 1919.
Notable people
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Heino Kaski (1885–1957), composer
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Mira Jalosuo (born 1989), Olympic ice hockey medalist
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Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force
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Jorma J. Rissanen (1933–2020), information theorist
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born Martti Turunen in 1940, Finnish-born Japanese politician and first European-born member of the Diet of Japan
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Heikki Turunen (born 1945), author
Transport
The nearest airport is
Joensuu Airport, located south of Lieksa. The airport provides direct routes to
Helsinki which are operated by
Finnair.
See also
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