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.
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".