Joensuu is a Finnish city and regional capital in North Karelia, an eastern interior region of Finland, on the northern shore of Lake Pyhaselka at the mouth of the River Pielinen. It was founded in 1848 by the Russian emperor Nicholas I during the period when Finland was a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. With about 79,000 inhabitants, Joensuu is the 11th most populous municipality in Finland and a major urban and cultural center for eastern Finland, home to the University of Eastern Finland and known as the Forest Capital of Europe because of the presence of the European Forest Institute.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Joensuu (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 79,129 (2025)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 62.75, 29.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 62.75, 29.75
62.75 29.75 Dfc
3. GeoNames: Joensuu - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 655808, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 655808, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
62.60118 29.76316 P PPLA FI 12 122 167 78398 72 Europe/Helsinki
Joensuu (Wikipedia)
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Joensuu (Finnish: [ˈjoensuː] ; Karelian: Jovensuu, lit. 'river's mouth') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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