Pielavesi

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Pielavesi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 5,482 (2005) and covers an area of 1,406.29 km² of which 256.53 km² is water. The population density is 4.9 inhabitants per km². Ex-president Urho Kekkonen was born in Pielavesi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


Coordinates: 63°13′55″N, 26°45′20″E