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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.1489,Lat: 62.299
Elevation	110 meter above sea level
Local time	4:59:54am
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Savo#Södra Savolax
Name Kunta	Pieksämäki

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kukkaromäki	3.6 km	NorthEast
2 Naarajärvi	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Nenonpelto	8.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Jäppilä	17.1 km	NorthEast
5 Virtasalmi	24.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	264 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	346 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	594 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 193 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kymijoki main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Kymijoki-Gulf of Finland. The nearest bigger lake is Pieksänjärvi (23.8 km² at a height of around 117 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 153.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 215 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Savonselän seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 249 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Varkaus Airport (at a distance of 40 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40 km2

50.9%

Nature

5.6 km2

7.1%

Wet nature

2.4 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

3 km2

3.8%

Urban area

10.4 km2

13.2%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

15.1 km2

19.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pieksämäki in country Finland

Pieksämäki at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	102 km	WestSouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	140 km	South
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	265 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Juurikkasuo - Vehka- ja Uuhilampi	FI	2 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Pieksämäki
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Pieksämäki
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pieksämäki

Type of weather in Pieksämäki	few clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	03:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam