Kontiolahti: facts

At a glance

• Country: Finland
• Region: North Karelia
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 15,092
• Coordinates: 62.7602° N, 29.8471° E
• Time zone: Europe/Helsinki (UTC+02:00 standard, UTC+03:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Helsinki: 388 km (241 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Joensuu Airport (JOE): 16 km (10 mi), straight line
• Savonlinna Airport (SVL): 102 km (63 mi), straight line
• Kuopio Airport (KUO): 107 km (67 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Joensuu: 18 km (11 mi)
• Polvijaervi: 26 km (16 mi)
• Liperi: 35 km (22 mi)
• Pyhaeselkae: 37 km (23 mi)
• Outokumpu: 42 km (26 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Kuopio, 111 km (69 mi)