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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.6813,Lat: 62.8932
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	4:22:51am
Population	80000 (9th largest city in country)
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Pohjois-Savo#Norra Savolax
Name Kunta	Kuopio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vuorela	10.1 km	North
2 Toivala	10.6 km	North
3 Kurkimäki	15.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Pellesmäki	16.1 km	South
5 Pihkainmäki	18.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	335 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	418 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	652 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 242 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Kallavesi (913.8 km² at a height of around 81 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.9 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puijo with a height of 232 meter (at a distance of 3.6 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 148.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 208 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is water.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pohjois-Savon järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 320 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuopio Airport (at a distance of 14 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.8 km2

20.1%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.6%

Urban area

26.1 km2

33.2%

Water - Lakes

34.6 km2

44%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kuopio in country Finland

Kuopio at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	146 km	SouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	211 km	South
3 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	326 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Puijo	FI	1.2 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kuopio
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	Bings maps
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kuopio

Type of weather in Kuopio	clear sky
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	17 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	03:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam