Lieksa
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Town
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| Lieksan kaupunki Lieksa stad | |
Town center of Lieksa
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Flag 
Coat of arms | |
Location of Lieksa in Finland
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| Coordinates: 63°19′N 030°01′E / 63.317°N 30.017°E / 63.317; 30.017 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Pielinen Karelia |
| Charter | 1973 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Esko Lehto, Tino Timonen |
| Area
(2018-01-01)[1]
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| • Total | 4,067.60 km2 (1,570.51 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,417.86 km2 (1,319.64 sq mi) |
| • Water | 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 15th largest in Finland |
| Population
(2023-12-31)[2]
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| • Total | 10,228 |
| • Rank | 97th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 2.99/km2 (7.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 5.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 9.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52% |
| • 65 or older | 38.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Lieksa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlie̯ksɑ]) is a town and municipalityofFinland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,228 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 4,067.60 square kilometres (1,570.51 sq mi) of which 649.14 km2 (250.63 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.99 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town of Lieksa was established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated.
Neighbouring municipalities are Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kontiolahti, Kuhmo and Nurmes.
Populated places within Lieksa include:
Lieksa has a subarctic climate (Köppen: Dfc), 0.7°C away from the threshold of the humid continental climate. Lieksa has more continental characteristics than most of the Nordics and Finland, making it prone to extreme temperatures, especially in winter. In summer temperatures regularly exceed 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and the highest temperature ever recorded was 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in July 1934. Also, during the Heatwave of 2010, the temperature in Lieksa reached 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) degrees. In winter, the snow cover is usually around 60 cm deep. On a typical winter night, the temperature drops to around −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) and readings as low as −30.0 °C (−22.0 °F) are not unusual. The coldest temperature ever observed in Lieksa was −47.0 °C (−52.6 °F) in December 1919.[5]
| Climate data for Lieksa, 1991-2020 normals, extremes 1916-present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6 (21) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.4 (15.1) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−2 (28) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
3.0 (37.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.4 (7.9) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.6 (49.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−1.3 (29.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.8 (−43.2) |
−42.4 (−44.3) |
−38.8 (−37.8) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
−47.0 (−52.6) |
−47.0 (−52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) |
46 (1.8) |
43 (1.7) |
37 (1.5) |
55 (2.2) |
75 (3.0) |
93 (3.7) |
83 (3.3) |
76 (3.0) |
76 (3.0) |
67 (2.6) |
66 (2.6) |
772 (30.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 21 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 201 |
| Source 1: FMI[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: FMI (record highs and lows)[7] | |||||||||||||
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Lieksa travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Lieksa at Wikimedia Commons
Places adjacent to Lieksa
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