Padasjoki

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Padasjoki

Total population

2,865

Coordinates61.35°, 25.28°

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

Overview

Padasjoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijät-Häme region. It is 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Padasjoki to Lahti and 65 kilometres (40 mi) to Heinola. The municipality has a population of 2,656 and covers an area of 729.85 square kilometres (281.80 sq mi) of which 206.68 km2 (79.80 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.2/sq mi).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Adolf Ivar Arwidsson

Finnish political journalist, writer and historian (1791-1858)

Juuso Pykälistö

Finnish rally driver

Jalmari Virtanen

Soviet poet (1889-1939)

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Enni Id

Finnish self-taught artist (1900-1992)

Carl Stjernvall

Finnish military officer

Fredrik Gustaf Stjernvall

Finnish military and civil servant

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Albert Theodor Böök

Finnish teacher and writer (1858-1943)

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Arvo Hilli

Finnish hurdler

Carl-Erik Creutz

Finnish presenter (1911-2000)

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Mauno Salojärvi

Finnish publisher and business executive

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Oskar Schultz

Finnish politician

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Marja-Leena Junker

Finnish actress

Timo Hännikäinen

Finnish translator, critic and poet

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Raija Sollamo

theologian, university teacher, church historian, dean (1942-)

Olof Lagus

Finnish military officer

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David Lönneström

Finnish priest

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.