Joensuu: facts

At a glance

• Country: Finland
• Region: North Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 78,398
• Coordinates: 62.6012° N, 29.7632° E
• Time zone: Europe/Helsinki (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Helsinki: 373 km (232 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Joensuu Airport (JOE): 9.8 km (6.1 mi), straight line
• Savonlinna Airport (SVL): 85 km (53 mi), straight line
• Kuopio Airport (KUO): 110 km (68 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Kontiolahti: 18 km (11 mi)
• Pyhaeselkae: 21 km (13 mi)
• Liperi: 22 km (13 mi)
• Raeaekkylae: 33 km (20 mi)
• Polvijaervi: 34 km (21 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kuopio, 111 km (69 mi)