Heinävesi

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Heinävesi

Total population

3,767

Founded

1869

Land area1029.96 km²

Coordinates62.43°, 28.63°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Heinävesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 2,888 and covers an area of 1,319.58 square kilometres (509.49 sq mi) of which 288.71 km2 (111.47 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.3/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The city of Joensuu is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Heinävesi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Pekka Kuvaja

Finnish cross-country skier, orienteer and racewalker

Otto Kotilainen

Finnish composer (1868–1936)

Tuomas Gerdt

Finnish Continuation War veteran, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross (1922–2020)

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Aapo Savolainen

Finnish lieutenant general (1921-1998)

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Ferdinand Nikkinen

Finnish Roma activist, singer, and teacher

Hilja Valtonen

Finnish author

Lasse Naukkarinen

Finnish film director

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Maria Schwartzberg

Finnish artist

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Olli Lyytikäinen

Finnish painter (1949-1987)

Onni Happonen

Finnish politician

Pekka Alpo

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Riku Marttinen

Finnish basketball player (born 1966)

Väinö Kotilainen

Finnish politician (1887-1959)

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Reino Paukkonen

Finnish long-distance runner

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Reidun Laengen

Norwegian cross-country skier

V

Vilho Itkonen

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Yellow Mealworm Beetle

Tenebrio molitor

Seen 2026-08-15

Wild Rosemary

Andromeda polifolia

Seen 2026-08-09

Common Crane

Grus grus

Seen 2026-08-09

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-08-08

Northern Spinach

Eulithis populata

Seen 2026-08-04

Banded Sexton Beetle

Nicrophorus investigator

Seen 2026-07-30

Plagiosterna aenea

Plagiosterna aenea

Seen 2026-07-29

Oak Eggar

Lasiocampa quercus

Seen 2026-07-17

four-banded longhorn beetle

Leptura quadrifasciata

Seen 2026-07-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).