Juva

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Juva

Total population

6,841

Land area1163.37 km²

Coordinates61.90°, 27.86°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Juva is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Savo region some 270 kilometres (170 mi) North-East of Helsinki. It was founded on 19 January 1442, and is the oldest parish/municipality in Finland whose exact date of birth is known. At the time, it was only the second parish in Eastern Finland, and later, several other parishes were separated from it, such as Sääminki, Kuopio, Iisalmi, Pieksämäki, Joroinen, Leppävirta, Siilinjärvi, Lapinlahti and Maaninka. Secular municipal administration was established in 1868.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Patrik Mennander

Finnish singer

Kalevi Hämäläinen

Finnish cross-country skier (1932–2005)

Arndt Pekurinen

Finnish pacifist (1905–1921)

Eero Kilpeläinen

Finnish ice hockey player

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Matti Väisänen

Finnish bishop

Carl Henrik Alopaeus

Finnish politician and priest

Leo Harmaja

Finnish economist (1880-1949)

Gabriel Poppius

Swedish politician

Viljo Tarkiainen

Finnish literary historian and professor

Anne Leinonen

Finnish writer

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Aron Johan Rytkönen

Finnish priest (1843-1901)

Arvi Tammivuori

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Aukusti Koivisto

Finnish painter (1886-1962)

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Eija Lappalainen

Inka Nousiainen

Finnish author

Raili Kostia

Finnish singer

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

Nearby places in Southern Savonia

• Hirvensalmi
  39.5 mi away · pop. 2,384
• Radina Vas
  1224.9 mi away · pop. 7
• Radatovići
  1224.9 mi away · pop. 22
• Kašt
  1224.9 mi away · pop. 45
• Doljani Žumberački
  1225 mi away · pop. 21
• Dučići
  1225.1 mi away · pop. 21
• Belošići
  1225.3 mi away · pop. 25
• Dragoševci
  1225.3 mi away · pop. 7
• Sršići
  1225.4 mi away · pop. 6
• Dvorište Vivodinsko
  1225.5 mi away · pop. 27
• Pilatovci
  1225.6 mi away · pop. 22
• Lović Prekriški
  1225.7 mi away · pop. 72

Browse all places in Southern Savonia →

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

scentless mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Seen 2026-09-22

Hydroglyphus hamulatus

Hydroglyphus hamulatus

Seen 2026-09-05

Red-banded Polypore

Fomitopsis pinicola

Seen 2026-08-26

Purplepore Bracket

Trichaptum abietinum

Seen 2026-08-26

Hoof Fungus

Fomes fomentarius

Seen 2026-08-26

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-08-26

Willow Leaf Beetle

Lochmaea capreae

Seen 2026-08-26

Green Shield Bug

Palomena prasina

Seen 2026-08-26

Common Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Seen 2026-08-26

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