Kuopio is a city of water

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July is water theme month at Uusi kuopiolainen. Judging by the numbers, there is water in Kuopio far beyond Lake Kallavesi. ____

Kuopio has 917 lakes or ponds. ___

About 25 per cent of Kuopio’s total area is water. ___

The total area of Kuopio’s inland waters is 1,085.35 square kilometres. Finland’s smallest municipality, Kauniainen, would fit into Kuopio’s inland waters 180 times.

Source: Järvi-meriwiki (in Finnish)