Pielinen Karelia

Pielinen Karelia Pielisen Karjalan seutukunta
Sub-region
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Population  (2011)
• Total	23,564
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Pielinen Karelia is a subdivision of North Karelia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009.

Municipalities

Coat of arms	Municipality
	Lieksa (city)
	Nurmes (city)

Politics

Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election:

• Sauli Niinistö 60.7%
• Paavo Väyrynen 9.1%
• Laura Huhtasaari 8.3%
• Pekka Haavisto 6.6%
• Matti Vanhanen 6.6%
• Tuula Haatainen 4.8%
• Merja Kyllönen 3.7%
• Nils Torvalds 0.3%