Juankoski

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Juankoski

Total population

5,145

Coordinates63.07°, 28.34°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Juankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jaakko Kolmonen

Finnish chef (1941-2016)

Kaisa Parviainen

athletics competitor (1914–2002)

Juice Leskinen

Finnish musician (1950-2006)

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Vuokko Kekäläinen

Finnish opera singer

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Kalle Lappalainen

sport shooter (1877–1965)

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Hannakaisa Heikkinen

Finnish politician

Lauri Kivekäs

Finnish businessman (1903-1998)

Veijo Pasanen

Finnish actor and director (1930–1988)

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Eija Ahvo

Finnish actress

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Reino Rissanen

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Tanja Niskanen

Finnish ice hockey player

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Yrjö Kivimäki

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Jori Sivonen

Finnish composer, musician and record producer (1948-2019)

Heikki Järnefelt

Finnish botanist (1891–1963)

V. A. M. Karikoski

Finnish colonel and politician

Anssi Neuvonen

Finnish songwriter, musician and producer

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

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Official Identifiers