Iisalmi

Iisalmi (Idensalmi in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland.

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It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 22,647 (2003) and covers an area of 872.65 km? of which 109.27 km? is water. The population density is 26.0 inhabitants per km?. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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Olvi, the last big independent beer brewery in Finland (other big Finnish breweries have been bought by multinational companies), has its factory and headquarters in Iisalmi.

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Genelec, a firm making high-quality speakers used in recording studios worldwide, has its factory and headquarters in Iisalmi.

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