Mikkeli (in Swedish S: T Michel ) is a Finnish city , capital of the area of Savonie of the South ( Etelä-Soap maakunta ) and province of Eastern Finland ( Itä-Suomen lääni ).
Geography
The territory of Mikkeli is located in full heart of the area of the lakes. One counts approximately 700 lakes and ponds there. The lakes of the east of the commune belong to the basin of the Vuoksi and make for certain part of the lake Saimaa in the broad sense, those of the west belong to the basin of the Kymijoki.The municipality is bordered by the communes of Haukivuori in north, Juva and Puumala in the east, Riistina in the south, Hirvensalmi in the west and finally Kangasniemi in the North-West.
History
The oldest writings mentioning the area of Mikkeli are those of the peace treaty of Pähkinäsaari in 1323. During the War of Winter then the War of Continuation, Mannerheim installed the general headquarter of the Finnish army there.In 2001 the town of Mikkeli amalgamated with the municipalities of Mikkeli-countryside and Anttola .
Current the European Commissioner Finnish Olli Rehn and a former police chief (from now on governor of the Bank of Finland) Erkki Liikanen was born in Mikkeli. The former skier Harri Kirvesniemi and the footballer Jussi Jääskeläinen are also originating in the city.
Transport
There is no more air line serving Mikkeli since October 2005.However, the city is located on one of the branches of the railroad of Savo, and thus is well served by the rail (3h15 of Helsinki, 1:40 of Kuopio).
Mikkeli is before a whole important road junction, passage almost obliged to gain is of Finland from Helsinki. Main road 5 comes from Helsinki via Lahti and Heinola and continuous towards Kuopio, main road 13 connects the city to Lappeenranta and to the Russia by the border post of Nuijamaa, finally the 15 come from Kouvola.
Distances with the principal cities:
- Lappeenranta : 105 km
- Kouvola: 106 km
- Savonlinna: 108 km
- Jyväskylä: 114 km
- Joensuu: 114 km
- Lahti: 130 km
- Kuopio: 159 km
- Helsinki: 231 km
- Tampere: 258 km
- Turku: 349 km
- Saint-Pétersbourg: 391 km
- Oulu: 448 km
- Rovaniemi: 670 km
Twinnings
Mikkeli is twinned with
Sport
Every year, the Hippodrome of Mikkeli accommodates one of largest the horse-races Finnish, the Prix St Michel.
Monuments
One finds in Mikkeli one of the 9 cathedrals Lutheran S of Finland.
External bonds
- Town of Mikkeli
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