Pieksämäki

— Town —

Pieksämäen kaupunki

Pieksämäki water tower

Coat of arms

Location of Pieksämäki in Finland

Coordinates:

62°18′N 027°08′ECoordinates:

Country

Pieksämäki sub-region

Charter

1962

Re-established

2007

Government

• Town manager

Tapio Turunen

Area(2011-01-01)^[1]

• Total

1,836.39 km² (709.03 sq mi)

• Land

1,569.63 km² (606.04 sq mi)

• Water

266.76 km² (103.00 sq mi)

Area rank

51st largest in Finland

Population (2013-02-28)^[2]

• Total

19,672

• Rank

57th largest in Finland

• Density

12.53/km² (32.5/sq mi)

Population by native language^[3]

• Finnish

98.5% (official)

• Swedish

0.1%

• Others

1.4%

Population by age^[4]

• 0 to 14

13.6%

• 15 to 64

63.3%

• 65 or older

23.1%

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Municipal tax rate^[5]

19.75%

Website

www.pieksamaki.fi

Pieksämäki is a town and municipality of Finland. Its original name was Haukivuori (lit. "pike mountain", Anglicised as "Pikeburg").^[6]
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.The town has a population of 19,672 (28 February 2013)^[2] and covers an area of 1,836.39 square kilometres (709.03 sq mi) of which 266.76 km² (103.00 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 12.53 inhabitants per square kilometre (32.5 /sq mi)..
The town of Pieksämäki was formed on January 1, 2007 with the consolidation of the municipalities of Pieksämäki and Pieksänmaa.
Pieksämäki railway station is an important junction for the Finnish railway network.
The Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences' Campus of Forestry is located in Pieksämäki.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.