Kiuruvesi

 

Kiuruvesi is a Finnish city located in the northwestern part of Pohjois-Savo province. Kiuruvesi resigned from the parish and administrative parish of Iisalmi in 1862. The municipality of Kiuruvesi was founded in 1873. Kiuruvesi became a town at the beginning of 1993. The border neighbors are Iisalmi, Pielavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Vieremä.

 

Geography

Kiuruvesi's border neighbors are Iisalmi, Pielavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Vieremä.

Since 1912, the church village of Kiuruvesi has formed a densely populated community. This status ended when the densely populated communities were abolished on January 1, 1956, and Kirkonkylä remained part of the municipality of Kiuruvesi. (See the list of densely populated communities in Finland.)

In addition to the city center, the Kiuruvesi agglomeration has three larger districts: Asemanseutu, Hovi / Korkeakangas and Yhtylä. There are other small districts in the agglomeration.

Hovi is an area of ​​terraced and detached houses, the buildings of which were built mainly in the 1990s. Most of the terraced houses are apartments in the city's rental housing company, Kiurunkulma. There is a chewing track and a cross-country ski run in winter. The station area has terraced houses built on a swamp in the 1980s, located in the vicinity of the train station. A detached house has been built in Yhtylä since the 1970s. In addition, there are apartment and terraced houses built in the 1970s and 1980s in the area.

Kiuruvesi Natura sites include Toukkasuo-Huttusuo, Suojoki forest, Luupuvesi bird lakes and the groves of Jynkänjärvi and Putousnotko.

Villages
Aittojärvi, Haapakumpu, Hautakylä, Heinäkylä, Honkaranta, Jokela, Kalliokylä, Kiuruvesi (Agglomeration), Koivujärvi, Korpijoki, Koskenjoki, Kotajoki (Keskusta), Lahnajoki, Lahnanen, Lapinsalo, Laukkala, Luupuvisk, Pihlajamäki, Rantakylä, Rapakkojoki, Remeskylä, Ruokomäki, Ruutana, Rytky, Ryönänjoki, Salmijärvi, Salmenkylä, Sulkavanjärvi, Tihilä, Toiviaiskylä and Turhala.

Transport
Highway 27 runs through Kiuruvesi. Kiuruvesi railway station is located on the Iisalmi-Ylivieska line section and is one of the train meeting places on the line section. The city also has an airport for small planes and a guest marina.

Distances from Kiuruvesi
Iisalmi 35 km
Kajaani 125 km
Kuopio 120 km
Oulu 190 km
Ylivieska 125 km

Public services
Kiuruvesi has five primary schools (preschool and grades 1-6): Kalliokylä school, Lahnajoki school, Luupuvesi school, Niva school and Rytky school. There is one upper secondary school (grades 7-9) (Kiuruvesi upper secondary school) and special education is also provided in connection with it. Kiuruvesi High School provides secondary education and, in some lines, optional vocational education. Equine economics can be studied at the Natural Resources Unit of Ylä-Savo Vocational College.

Primary health services are provided by Kiuruvesi Health Center. Cultural services are provided by, among others, the Kiuruvesi Culture House and the Kiuruvesi City Library, the Kiuruvesi Library Car and the Kiuruvesi Homeland Museum.

Festivals
Kiuruvesi hosts the annual Kiuruvesi Iskelmäviikko and Elomessut. The locality has a strong pear tradition and a reputation as a religious keeper. The largest annual event for the people of Körtt, the Awakening Festival, was held in Kiuruvesi in July 2010, before that in 1985 and for the first time in 1899. Kiuruvesi's location on the border between Savo and Ostrobothnia creates its own special features.

Food culture
Kiuruvesi's holding food is Ylä-Savo's local delicacy, mute pox, a kind of meat soup that includes, in addition to potatoes, various internal organs and coincidences made of blood and flour, "myvys".