Polvijärvi
Appearance
Template:Infobox Finnish municipality Polvijärvi is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 4,023 (31 August 2024)[1] and covers an area of 958.32 square kilometres (370.01 sq mi) of which 154.22 km2 (59.54 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 5 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Liperi Outokumpu.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Polvijärvi is established in 1876.
People
- Heikki Soininen (1891–1957)
- Vilho Turunen (1923–1973)
- Jouni Kortelainen (born 1957)
- Annikka Mutanen (born 1965)
References
External links
Media related to Polvijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Polvijärvi – Official website