Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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It is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Eastern Finland

Eastern Finland

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 and is part of the North Karelia

North Karelia

North Karelia is a region in eastern Finland. It borders to the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia, South Karelia and to Russia.The city of Joensuu is the centre of the North Karelia region.- Municipalities :...

 region

Regions of Finland

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. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density

Population density

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 is PD/km2.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish

Finnish language

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The town of Lieksa was established in 1973 when the Market town of Lieksa and the Municipality of Pielisjärvi were consolidated.

Notable natives

• Marutei Tsurunen
  Marutei Tsurunen
  is the first foreign-born Japanese of European origin serving as a member of the Diet of Japan. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, where he serves as Director General of the International Department. He is currently serving in the House of Councillors.- Biography :Tsurunen was born...
  
   , born Martti Turunen in 1940-04-30, the first European-born member of the Diet of Japan
  Diet of Japan
  The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...
  
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• Ilmari Juutilainen
  Ilmari Juutilainen
  Eino Ilmari Juutilainen was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat , and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time...
  
  , the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force
  Finnish Air Force
  The Finnish Air Force is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions...
  
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• Jorma J. Rissanen, an information theorist.

External links

• Town of Lieksa – Official site
• Pocket Facts