Mikkeli is a city in the South Savo region of Finland, in the Finnish Lakeland on the shores of Lake Saimaa. It is the 18th largest municipality in Finland by population, with 51,551 residents recorded at the end of 2025 across a total area of 3,229.57 square kilometers, most of it land. Mikkeli was granted town rights in 1838, and during the Second World War it served as the headquarters of the Finnish Defence Forces, a role commemorated by the crossed Marshal Mannerheim batons on the coat of arms of the city.
Facts
Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Mikkeli (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 51,551 (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 61.75, 27.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 61.75, 27.25
61.75 27.25 Dfc
3. GeoNames: Mikkeli - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 646005, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 646005, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
61.68857 27.27227 P PPLA FI 10 101 491 51661 85 Europe/Helsinki
Mikkeli (Wikipedia)
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Mikkeli (Finnish: [ˈmikːeli]; Swedish: S:t Michel) is a city in, and the regional capital of, South Savo, Finland, located in the Finnish Lakeland.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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