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Kontiolahti
| Field | Value |
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| name | Kontiolahti |
| official_name | Kontiolahden kunta |
| Kontiolax kommun | |
| other_name | Kontiolax |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Kontiolahden kirkko IMG 1295 C.JPG |
| image_caption | Kontiolahti Church in July 2012 |
| image_shield | Kontiolahti.vaakuna.svg |
| shield_size | 120x80px |
| image_map | Kontiolahti sijainti Suomi.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Kontiolahti in Finland |
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| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Finland |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | North Karelia |
| subdivision_type2 | Sub-region |
| subdivision_name2 | Joensuu |
| leader_title | Municipal manager |
| leader_name | Jere Penttilä |
| established_title | Charter |
| established_date | 1873 |
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| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +02:00 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +03:00 |
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Kontiolax kommun Kontiolahti (; literally meaning "bear bay") is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region, about 20 km north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of {{Data Finland municipality/total area|Kontiolahti}} km2 of which {{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Kontiolahti}} km2 is water. The population density is PD/km2. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Juuka, Lieksa, Liperi and Polvijärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The coat of arms of the municipality is a canting arms; the log driving pike pole, which the bear carries in the picture, refers to the importance of forestry in the region's economy. The coat of arms was designed by Aarno Liuksiala and approved by the Kontiolahti Municipal Council at its meeting on December 8, 1952. The coat of arms was approved for use by the Ministry of the Interior on February 27, 1953.
Kontiolahti hosted the Biathlon World Championships in 1990, 1999 and 2015.
History
Kontiolahti originally belonged to the parish of Liperi. It became an independent municipality in 1873. The flood nuisance of Lake Höytiäinen and the desire for water abandonment inspired residents to try to build a canal to lower the water level, but the dam broke uncontrollably in 1859, and the landscape changed dramatically. After World War II, the Ruskeala's migrants were stationed in Kontiolahti.
Geography
Kontiolahti has 183 lakes, and water bodies cover 22.3 percent (230 km2) of the municipality's surface area. The largest of them are Lake Höytiäinen, Lake Kangasvesi and Lake Herajärvi. There are 11 Natura sites in all or part of Kontiolahti: Teerisaari-Sisuslahti, Soikkeli Forest, Pöllönvaara-Kruununkangas, Paihola Forest, Kolvananuuro and surrounding areas, Koli National Park, Jouhteninen, Huurunlampi-Sammakkolampi-Huurunrinne and Huuhkajanvaara.
Villages
- Harivaara
- Herajärvi
- Iiksenniitty
- Jakokoski
- Kontiolahti (Kirkonkylä)
- Kontioniemi
- Kulho
- Kunnasniemi
- Kupluskylä
- Kylmäoja
- Lehmo
- Mönni
- Onttola
- Paihola
- Puntarikoski
- Puso
- Pyytivaara
- Rantakylä
- Romppala
- Selkie
- Varparanta
- Venejoki
Transport
Joensuu Region's Public Transport (Joensuun seudun joukkoliikenne; JOJO) is responsible for local and school traffic in the Kontiolahti area. Kontiolahti also has a railway station, which, however, no longer has passenger traffic. Highway 6 passes through the municipality.
Culture
Libraries
Municipal library services are provided by the Kontiolahti Library, the Lehmo Library, and Runo-Antti, the bookmobile of Kontiolahti and Eno.
Food
In the 1980s, Kontiolahti's parish dishes were named "shoemaker's roast" (suutarinpaisti) and stockfish soup.
Notable people
- Tero Mustonen (born 1976 or 1977), environmental leader, scholar, scientist, and fisherman
- Jukka Nevalainen (born 1978), former drummer of Nightwish
- Markku Pölönen (born 1957), film director, screenwriter, editor and owner of film production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus
- Antti Puhakka (1816–1893), national romantic poet
References
References
- (1982). "Suomen kunnallisvaakunat". Suomen Kunnallisliitto.
- (June 2025). "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:10 Kontiolahti". Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto.
- "Kontiolahden Urheilijat". Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y..
- "Historian Havinaa". Kontiolahti.
- [http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Kontiolahti_(kunta) Kontiolahden järvet – Järviwiki] (in Finnish)
- [http://www.ymparisto.fi/fi-FI/Luonto/Suojelualueet/Natura_2000_alueet?f=PohjoisKarjalan_ELYkeskus Tutustu Natura 2000 -kohteisiin kunnittain – Ympäristö.fi] (in Finnish)
- link. (18 July 2021 (in Finnish))
- [https://jojo.joensuu.fi/en/web/jojo-english JOJO – Official Site] (in English)
- [https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6244081 YLE: Koti rautatien varrella] (in Finnish)
- [https://vayla.fi/documents/25230764/35411990/Tiesuunnitelmaesite+%28pdf%29.pdf/fa6b124d-2f7f-1cc0-6cd4-688321fd36fa/Tiesuunnitelmaesite+%28pdf%29.pdf?t=1599127868728 Maantien 15716 kevyen liikenteen väylä välillä Urheilukentäntie – Tuppihaantie, Kontiolahti] – ''Väylä'' (in Finnish)
- "Kontiolahden kirjasto – Ota yhteyttä".
- "Kontiolahden kirjasto". Vaara-kirjastot.
- "Lehmon kirjasto". Vaara-kirjastot.
- "Kontiolahden ja Enon kirjastoauto".
- Jaakko Kolmonen. (1988). "Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat". Patakolmonen.
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