Varkaus is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. Image File history File links Varkauden_vaakuna. ... This is a list of towns in Finland. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savoniaregion. The municipality has a population of 24 854 (2005) and covers an area of 524,96 km² of which 139,27 km² is water. The population density is 47,11 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Eastern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Northern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in eastern Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Oddly enough, 'Varkaus' translates to theft, even though it is not the reason for giving that name to the city. In old Finnish, the same word also meant strait, and this city is located in the lake district.
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http://www.varkaus.fi
Coordinates: 62°19′N 27°55′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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