Polvijärvi | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Polvijärven kunta Swedish: Polvijärvi kommun |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 62.855°N 51°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | North Karelia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Joensuu sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Pauli Vaittinen |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1876 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.polvijarvi.fi |
Polvijärvi (pronounced as /fi/; literally "knee lake") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNPolvijärvi}} of which NaNPolvijärvi}} is water. The population density is NaNPolvijärvi. Neighbouring municipalities are Juuka, Kaavi, Kontiolahti, Liperi, Outokumpu.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Polvijärvi is established in 1876.