Place:Iisalmi, Kuopio, Finland

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Iisalmi is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of,^[1] which makes it the second largest of the five towns in Northern Savonia in population, only Kuopio being larger. It covers an area of of which is water.^[2] The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

In the 2010s, Iisalmi is known as an export industry town, as well as a significant study town in the region.

History

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Iisalmi traces its roots back to 1627, when the parish of Iisalmi was formed around the local church.^[3] The town's old wooden church, Gustav Adolf Church, was consecrated in 1780.

In the 18th century, when Finland was under Swedish control, Sweden was frequently at war with Imperial Russia, and the area of Koljonvirta in Iisalmi was a battlefield on which one of the greatest Swedish victories occurred. However, Sweden lost its last war with Russia and had to surrender Finland to the Russian Empire in 1809.

Iisalmi gained its status as town on October 20, 1891.

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