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North Savo

North Savo (or Northern Savonia; Finnish: Pohjois-Savo; Swedish: Norra Savolax) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the region and Lake Kallavesi is the largest lake in the region.

The region's traditional food is a fish and bacon filling pie called Kalakukko.

Historical provinces

For history, geography and culture see: Savonia

Municipalities

The region of North Savo consists of 19 municipalities, five of which have city status (marked in bold).

Municipalities on the map

Sub-regions

List of municipalities

Kalakukko
Coat of
arms
Municipality Population Land area
(km)
Density
(/km)
Finnish
speakers
Swedish
speakers
Other
speakers
coat of arms of Iisalmi Iisalmi 20,474 763 27 96 % 0 % 4 %
coat of arms of Joroinen Joroinen 4,571 575 8 94 % 0.4 % 6 %
coat of arms of Kaavi Kaavi 2,600 674 4 99 % 0.2 % 2 %
coat of arms of Keitele Keitele 2,004 483 4 98 % 0.1 % 4 %
coat of arms of Kiuruvesi Kiuruvesi 7,370 1,328 6 100 % 0 % 2 %
coat of arms of Kuopio Kuopio 125,597 3,242 39 93 % 0.1 % 6 %
coat of arms of Lapinlahti Lapinlahti 8,869 1,097 8 98 % 0.1 % 3 %
coat of arms of Leppävirta Leppävirta 8,979 1,136 8 98 % 0.1 % 3 %
coat of arms of Pielavesi Pielavesi 3,994 1,153 3 100 % 0.3 % 2 %
coat of arms of Rautalampi Rautalampi 2,922 539 5 97 % 0.1 % 4 %
coat of arms of Rautavaara Rautavaara 1,410 1,151 1 99 % 0 % 2 %
coat of arms of Siilinjärvi Siilinjärvi 21,240 401 53 98 % 0.1 % 2 %
coat of arms of Sonkajärvi Sonkajärvi 3,593 1,466 2 100 % 0.1 % 1 %
coat of arms Suonenjoki Suonenjoki 6,642 714 9 97 % 0 % 4 %
coat of arms of Tervo Tervo 1,400 348 4 98 % 0.1 % 2 %
coat of arms of Tuusniemi Tuusniemi 2,314 543 4 97 % 0.1 % 2 %
coat of arms of Varkaus Varkaus 19,669 386 51 95 % 0.2 % 5 %
coat of arms of Vesanto Vesanto 1,858 423 4 99 % 0.1 % 3 %
coat of arms of Vieremä Vieremä 3,361 925 4 96 % 0.1 % 4 %
Total 248,867 17,346 14 95 % 0.1 % 4 %

Politics

Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in North Savo:

Tertiary education

References

  1. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Alueluokitusmuutokset 1.1.2019".
  3. ^ "Kalakukko | Traditional Savory Pie From Northern Savonia | TasteAtlas". www.tasteatlas.com.