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Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

Siilinjärvi
Municipality
Siilinjärven kunta Siilinjärvi kommun
Siilinjärvi church
Coat of arms
Location of Siilinjärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 27°39′36″E / 63.07500°N 27.66000°E / 63.07500; 27.66000
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Kuopio
Charter	1925
Government
• Municipal manager	Vesa Lötjönen
Area
• Total	507.81 km (196.07 sq mi)
• Land	401 km (155 sq mi)
• Water	106.85 km (41.26 sq mi)
• Rank	203rd largest in Finland
Population
• Total	21,240
• Rank	47th largest in Finland
• Density	52.97/km (137.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	97.6% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	2.3%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	19.4%
• 15 to 64	59.3%
• 65 or older	21.3%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.siilinjarvi.fi

Siilinjärvi (Finnish: [ˈsiːlinˌjærʋi]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in Northern Savonia, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city of Kuopio, which largely surrounds Siilinjärvi. Another neighbour municipality with Kuopio is Lapinlahti. The name, in Finnish, apparently translates literally as "Hedgehog's Lake", although its etymology actually stems from a Sámi word meaning "winter dwelling". Lakes are essential part of the geography of Siilinjärvi. There are 123 lakes, and the biggest of them are Kallavesi and Juurusvesi–Akonvesi. Water area is 106.85 km, which is 21% of the whole area of Siilinjärvi.

The median age is relatively low; 23% of the population are under 15 years old. Siilinjärvi has eleven elementary schools and two secondary schools (one is located in Suininlahti and one downtown).

The Kuopio Airport is located in the village of Rissala in Siilinjärvi along the Highway 9. The airport is also the home of the Karelian Air Command and the 31st Squadron of the Finnish Air Force.

Siilinjärvi is the birthplace of politician and former prime minister of Finland and European Commissioner Jyrki Katainen.

Economy

The main sources of income are services and industry. One of the most important employers in Siilinjärvi is Siilinjärvi apatite mine owned by Yara International. The other largest companies in Siilinjärvi are Yara International's factory and apatite mine, Lujabetoni Oy, Hydroline Oy, Recreational Pool Fontanella and Spa Hotel Kunnonpaikka. 5% of jobs are in primary production, 29% in industry and construction and 66% in services. Unemployment figures are the lowest in North Savonia, averaging 9,4% in 2016, while at the same time the average unemployment rate in North Savonia was 13,4% and in the whole country 13,2%.

Siilinjärvi's income tax rate in 2017 was 21,25.

Services

Energy production and water supply

The use of district heating has increased in recent years. Most of the district heat is produced from the Yara plant's process waste heat and from Savon Voima's Tiprusniemi bioheat plant. At the Tiprusniemi bioheat center, heat is produced with domestic wood fuel. In addition, Sulkavantie has a LPG back-up and peak heating center.

In Siilinjärvi, groundwater is used as raw water, which is obtained from three groundwater intakes, two of which are located in the church village and one in the Toivala-Vuorela area. In addition to the municipal water supply plant, there are 15 water cooperatives in the municipality's sparsely populated areas.

Fire and rescue services

There are two fire stations in the Siilinjärvi municipality, the North Savonia Rescue Department station and the Yara TPK station. Siilinjärvi's main fire station is located in Simonsalo at Sulkavantie 6, a few minutes' drive from the center of Siilinjärvi. The station has a 24-hour on-call service. Station 15 houses an inspection car PS 020, a fire truck PS 151, a fire truck PS 1512, a tank truck PS 153, a crew transport, an off-road and boat tractor PS 157, and a snowmobile and boat. Yara TPK has a fire truck PS 191 and a boat. In addition, it has been proposed to build a third fire station in Siilinjärvi near the Vuorela residential area.

Culture

A local newspaper called Uutis-Jousi is published in Siilinjärvi. Siilinjärvi also has its own library.

Food

In the 1980s, each of Savonia's then municipalities voted for its own title dishes. The traditional food of Siilinjärvi was a cockscomb, a potato gruel and a red berry kissel with whipped cream.

Notable people

Katri-Helena Eskelinen (1925–2014), Finnish politician
Jessica Grabowsky (born 1980), Finnish actress
Ilkka Herola (born 1995), Finnish skier
Jyrki Katainen (born 1971), Finnish politician
Sanni Leinonen (born 1989), Finnish alpine skier
Eetu Luostarinen (born 1998), Finnish ice hockey player
MC Raaka Pee (born 1980), Finnish musician
Topi Piipponen (born 1997), Finnish professional ice hockey player
Kimmo Savolainen (born 1974), Finnish ski jumper
Sexmane (born 2000), Finnish musician

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Siilinjärvi is twinned with:

Sunne, Sweden
Elverum, Norway
Haslev, Denmark
Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary
Kamennogorsk, Russia
Amberg, Germany

References

"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
"Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
"Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
"Siilinjärvi-nimen tausta" [Etymology of the name Siilinjärvi]. Kotus.fi (in Finnish). Institute for the Languages of Finland. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Lakes of Siilinjärvi. Järviwiki Web Service. Retrieved 2014-03-16. (in English)
"Yara kjøper gruveavfall – foredles til råstoff". Teknisk Ukeblad. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
^ "Tilinpäätös 2016, esittely" (PDF) (in Finnish). Municipality of Siilinjärvi. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
"Siilinjärven Sulkavantien uusi varalämpökeskus valmistui". Savon voima (in Finnish). Retrieved May 20, 2021.
"Vesihuolto" (in Finnish). Municipality of Siilinjärvi. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
"Ehdotus: Kuopion pääpaloaseman voisi purkaa ja rakentaa kolme pienempää tilalle". YLE (in Finnish). 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
Uutis-Jousi (in Finnish)
Siilinjärven kirjasto (in Finnish)
"Savossa äänestettiin pitäjille nimikkoruoat". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). September 20, 1984. p. 19.

External links

Media related to Siilinjärvi at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Siilinjärvi – Official website
Kasurila ski resort
Tarina Golf

Places adjacent to Siilinjärvi

Lapinlahti

Kuopio

Siilinjärvi