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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.5009,Lat: 62.7787
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	7:34:45am
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Pohjois-Savo#Norra Savolax
Name Kunta	Kuopio

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pellesmäki	3.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Pihkainmäki	11.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Kuopio	15.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Vuorela	24.8 km	North
5 Toivala	25.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	320 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	402 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	637 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 237 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Laukaa (2.2 km² at a height of around 159 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Puijo with a height of 232 meter (at a distance of 17.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 163.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 229 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 304 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kuopio Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

59.3 km2

75.6%

Nature

11.4 km2

14.5%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.8%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kurkimäki in country Finland

Kurkimäki at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	132 km	SouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	196 km	South
3 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	320 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Korsumki - Keinlnniemi	FI	4.8 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kuopio

Type of weather in Kuopio	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	17 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	03:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam