Finland-Eastern

|----- |Capital || Mikkeli |----- |Historical provinces || Karjala
Savo |----- | Population (12/31/2005)

Density || 578.803
row: 3e
12/km ² |----- | Surface ||48 727 km ²
rang: 4th |}

The Finland-Eastern province of , Itä-Suomen lääni in Finnish ( Östra Finlands län in Swedish), is located at the north of the province of Finland-Southerner, at the south of the Province of Oulu and at the east of the Finland-Western province of .

It counts 578.800 inhabitants out of 48.727 km ² with 12 hab. /km ².

It has as a capital Mikkeli and is made up of three areas:

Savonie of North or Pohjois-Savo ( Norra Savolax in Swedish),
Savonie of the South or Etelä-Savo ( Södra Savolax in Swedish),
Karelia of North or Pohjois-Karjala ( Norra Karelen in Swedish),

On the whole 64 communes (municipalities) compose this province, of which for example: Joensuu, Kuopio, Mikkeli.

See too

Internal bond

External bond

Eastern Finland - Official site

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