Siilinjärvi

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Siilinjärvi

Total population

21,289

Founded

1925

Land area401 km²

Coordinates63.07°, 27.66°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Siilinjärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in North Savo, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently translates literally as "Hedgehog's Lake", although its etymology actually stems from a Sámi word meaning "winter dwelling". Lakes are essential part of the geography of Siilinjärvi. There are 123 lakes, and the biggest of them are Kallavesi and Juurusvesi–Akonvesi. Water area is 106.85 km2, which is 21% of the whole area of Siilinjärvi.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Aleksi Paananen

Finnish footballer

Kari Tikka

Finnish composer, conductor and oboist (1946–2022)

Ilkka Herola

Finnish Nordic combined skier

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Olavi Rimpiläinen

Finnish priest (1937-2019)

Jan Berg

Finnish footballer

MC Raaka Pee

Finnish singer (born 1980)

Mikko Kukkonen

Finnish ice hockey player

Tommi Jokinen

Finnish ice hockey player

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Kalle Leinonen

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Jessica Grabowsky

Finnish actress

Katri-Helena Eskelinen

Finnish politician

Tiina Räsänen

Finnish singer

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Yrjö Knuutinen

Finnish writer

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Johannes Alikoski

Finnish professor

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Marjaana Pitkänen

Finnish cross-country skier

Heidi Pakarinen

Finnish singer

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

Nearby places in Northern Savonia

• Hamula
  3.4 mi away
• Jälä
  3.5 mi away
• Räimänkoski
  3.8 mi away
• Saarikylä
  5.4 mi away
• Pellonpää
  7.2 mi away
• Saarismäki
  8 mi away
• Kankkula
  9 mi away
• Jännevirta
  9.2 mi away
• Alapitkä
  9.6 mi away · pop. 350
• Kortejoki
  13.8 mi away
• Ritoniemi
  20.7 mi away
• Lapinlahti
  21.8 mi away · pop. 9,348

Browse all places in Northern Savonia →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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