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Lieksa

town in the region of North Karelia in Finland
Place town Q608752

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
town, municipality of Finland, city[5][6]
Country
Finland[3]
Official website
www.lieksa.fi, www.lieksa.fi[16][17]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 63.318°, 30.025°
Area
649.8 (649.8–4.1k, n=3)[34][35][36]
Associated electoral district
Savo-Karelia
Coat of arms
Lieksan vaakuna[15]
Head of government
Esko Lehto[4]
Köppen climate classification
continental subarctic climate[37]
Legal form
municipality of Finland[33]
Legislative body
Lieksa City Council[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
North Karelia, Pielinen Karelia, Northern Karelia Province, Kuopio Province[2]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Pielinen Karelia
Official language
Finnish[7]
Official name
Lieksan kaupunki[32]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
10k (10k–15k, n=21)[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Shares border with
Joensuu, Ilomantsi, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo, Nurmes[8][9][10][11][12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lieksa fa لیسکا fi Lieksan kauppala fi Lieksan kaupunki ja リエクサ ko 리엑사 ru Лиекса sv Brahea uk Ліекса zh 列克薩 zh-hans 列克萨
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000492948455, 0000000493922142
Legal Entity Identifier
7437007BQQ2BBEI9OC55
VIAF cluster ID
150100372
Library of Congress authority ID
n80148331
GND ID
4407677-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Лиекса.jpg ↗
Citizens' initiative URL
www.kuntalaisaloite.fi, www.kuntalaisaloite.fi
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q608752
EU VAT number
FI01693216
FAST ID
1210783
Facebook username
lieksankaupunki
FactGrid item ID
Kurt Singer
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Finnish Business ID
0169321-6
Finnish Service Catalogue organization ID
f918ea0c-227d-4c52-9e41-c6fdb031f83c
Finnish municipality number
422
Freebase ID
/m/03b_9z
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1375219
GeoNames ID
648091
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Lieksa
Instagram username
lieksankaupunki
KANTO ID
000033129
Lex ID
Lieksa
LinkedIn company or organization ID
lieksan-kaupunki
MusicBrainz area ID
fddbb986-414e-4533-b43c-43cb9f304711
NE.se ID
lieksa
NLS Geographic Names Register Place ID
10546728
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007562052705171
National Library of Latvia ID
000336276
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2521761
OpenWeatherMap city ID
648090, 648091
Quora topic ID
Lieksa
RKD thesaurus ID
47489
Routard.com place ID
26987
SNARC ID
Goslar
Topic's main category
Category:Lieksa
UN/LOCODE
FILIK
Uppslagsverket Finland ID
Lieksa
WOEID
569062
Who's on First ID
907199605
YSO ID
94266
Yale LUX ID
place/24eb2e15-8ac1-4018-83a6-6bdf19537a4c
Yle topic ID
18-190161
YouTube channel ID
UCb2St1QvLard9AMHI9v52rg
YouTube handle
lieksan_kaupunki
🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 8
Pielinen, Koli, Salpa Line, Pielisjärvi, Ruunaanjärvi, Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield, Viekijärvi, Pielinen Museum
People born here 8
Ilmari Juutilainen, Jaakko Tallus, Marutei Tsurunen, Mira Jalosuo, Tuulikki Jahre, Eila Pehkonen, Akseli Lajunen, Joonas Könttä
Shares border with 6
Joensuu, Kuhmo, Kontiolahti, Ilomantsi, Nurmes, Juuka
← Shares border with 6
Joensuu, Kuhmo, Kontiolahti, Ilomantsi, Nurmes, Juuka
Located in the administrative territorial entity 4
North Karelia, Pielinen Karelia, Kuopio Province, Northern Karelia Province
Instance of 3
city, town, municipality of Finland
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, UTC+02:00
Associated electoral district 1
Savo-Karelia
Belongs to 1
Savo-Karelia
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Lieksa
Country 1
Finland
FactGrid item ID 1
Kurt Singer
Legal form 1
municipality of Finland
Located in the statistical territorial entity 1
Pielinen Karelia
Named after 1
Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield
Official language 1
Finnish
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
People who died here 1
Eva Ryynänen
SNARC ID 1
Goslar
Topic's main category 1
Category:Lieksa
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Lieksa
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Lieksa
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Pielinen Karelia
← FactGrid item ID 1
Kwietniewo
← Headquarters location 1
Lieksan Lehti
← Place of publication 1
Lieksan Lehti
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Summary

Lieksa is a town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lieksa include Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield[38], an airstrip[39], in Finland[40].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Lieksa include Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield[38], an airstrip[39], in Finland[40].

Related Entities

city Finland Joensuu WikiProject Govdirectory

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The correspondence table between municipalities and language distribution in 2024. stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . stat.fi. Retrieved . stat.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . vrk.fi. vrk.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Population structure. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . Area of Finland's municipalities 2023-01-01. wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms → Lieksan vaakuna
    Head of government → Esko Lehto
    Instance of → town, municipality of Finland, city
    Instance of → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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