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Polvijärvi
Municipality in North Karelia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Polvijärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpolʋiˌjærʋi]; literally "knee lake") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 3,957 (30 June 2025)[2] and covers an area of 958.32 square kilometres (370.01 sq mi) of which 154.22 km2 (59.54 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.7/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Liperi, Outokumpu.
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The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Polvijärvi is established in 1876.
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Geography
Polvijärvi is located in North Karelia. Joensuu is located 42 kilometers away and Joensuu airport is located 34 kilometres away.
Polvijärven Natura 2000 sites include Viklinrimpi, Sisuslahti in Höytiäinen Teerisaari, Saariniemi-Tervalahti and Hanhisuo.[4]
Notable people
- Heikki Soininen (1891–1957)
- Vilho Turunen (1923–1973)
- Jouni Kortelainen (born 1957)
- Annikka Mutanen (born 1965)
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