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The [[coat of arms]] of Kuopio was designed in 1823 based on a drawing by the town councilor Karl Hårdh<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.genealogia.fi/genos/55/55_105.htm | title = Karl Mikael Hårdh | work = Genos | publisher = Suomen sukututkimusseura | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809094555/http://www.genealogia.fi/genos/55/55_105.htm | access-date = 26 March 2021 | archive-date = 9 August 2007 | language = fi }}</ref> or possibly his artist son, Adolf Hårdh.<ref name="jt">{{cite magazine | author = Professor Jussi T. Lappalainen | title = ''Vanhassa vara parempi?'' | magazine = Savon Sanomat | date = 23 December 2009 | page = 2 | language = fi }}</ref> The coat of arms was approved for use in 1823 by the Kuopio Magistrate in accordance with the order of [[Alexander I of Russia]].<ref>Бойко Дм. А. Геральдика Великого Княжества Финляндского. – Запорожье, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kuopio.fi/net.nsf/TD/200104141631461?OpenDocument | title = Kuopion vaakuna | publisher = City of Kuopio | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071119044550/http://www.kuopio.fi/net.nsf/TD/200104141631461?OpenDocument | access-date = 26 March 2021 | archive-date = 19 November 2007 | language = fi }}</ref> The coat of arms building, which represents [[Kuopio Cathedral]], has often been mistakenly considered to be [[Kuopio City Hall]], completed in 1886.<ref name="jt" />
The current design of the coat of arms is the work of architect Seppo Ruotsalainen.<ref name="jt
== History ==
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In the 1550s, under the influence of [[Mikael Agricola]], a church and a parish were founded in Kuopionniemi. Governor [[
The [[Grand Duchy of Finland|period of Russian rule]] (1809–1917) brought notable transportation development within Eastern Finland. The [[Saimaa Canal]] (1856) opened up a summer route towards the Baltic Sea, and the [[Savonia railway]] (1889) improved transport in winter.<ref name="BriefHistory"/>
[[File:Kuopion asema.jpg|thumb|left|Kuopio's old railway station building and passengers in 1910.]]
After [[World War II]], the city's population grew significantly, due in part to the settlement of [[Karelians|Karelian evacuees]] and the high birth rate. The rapid growth of the population forced the expansion of schools; at the end of the 1940s, support was also provided for [[school transport]]s<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.koulut.kuopio.fi/Koulu125/1947/ELA1947.HTM |title=Kaupungin elämää 1947 |access-date=12 June 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227145707/http://www.koulut.kuopio.fi/Koulu125/1947/ELA1947.HTM |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the provision of free [[school meal]]s (the poor people had received it in Kuopio since 1902).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.koulut.kuopio.fi/Koulu125/1872/ka1872.htm |title=Koulun arkea 1872 |access-date=12 June 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807202537/http://koulut.kuopio.fi/koulu125/1872/ka1872.htm |url-status=dead
The municipality of [[Maaninka]] joined the city of Kuopio in 2015, the town of [[Nilsiä]] in 2013, and [[Karttula]]<ref>{{Cite news | title = Karttula sulautuu Kuopioon" & "Karttula ja Kuopio yhteen | work= Myöhänen, Pentti & Manner, Matias & Hartikainen, Jarno; Savon Sanomat | pages = 1 and 3 |date = 1 July 2008 }}</ref> in 2011, as did [[Vehmersalmi]] in 2005, [[Riistavesi]] in 1973, and [[Kuopion maalaiskunta]] in 1969.<ref name="BriefHistory"/>
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[[Kuopio Market Square]] is the undisputed center of the city<ref name="helsinki-times"/> and the city center follows a densely built grid pattern with several parks and narrow gutter streets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/kuopion_rannikaduista_tehdaan_nykyaikaa_mennytta_kunnioittaen/5892052|title=Kuopion rännikaduista tehdään nykyaikaa mennyttä kunnioittaen|date=2 October 2009|website=Yle.fi|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref> The environment of the city is quite distinctive; the surface shapes of the waterfront-lined center are so variable that a flat property is a desired rarity.<ref name="asunto">Kuopion kaupungin tekninen virasto: Kuopio 2009 suunnittelee ja rakentaa (2009)</ref> The settlement has spread outside the center of Kuopio according to a dense and sparse finger model that is affordable for [[public transport]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siseministeerium.ee/public/kuopion_1.pdf|title=Kuopion Saaristokaupunki – kasvusuuntana täydennysrakentaminen|website=Siseministeerium.ee|access-date=3 June 2020|archive-date=20 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131020/http://www.siseministeerium.ee/public/kuopion_1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the new districts have been built in a municipal drive at once; for example, the Saaristokaupunki was banned for building for the previous 25 years,<ref name="kaavo">[http://lehti.kuntatekniikka.fi/download/?f=157379&m=33768&a=82320&c=4941&x=0] {{dead link|date=June 2022}}</ref> and this Kuopio zoning tradition has a long history.<ref name="kaavo"/> Due to the above-mentioned factors, the [[population density]] of the Kuopio city center is the highest in Finland.<ref>Leo Kosonen: Kuopio 2015: Jalankulku-, joukkoliikenne- ja autokaupunki. Ympäristöministeriö, 2007. {{ISBN|978-952-11-2852-3}}</ref>
With the surrounding lakes, the [[shoreline]] in Kuopio is 4,760 kilometers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuopio.fi/web/kaupunkitietoa/kuopio-esittely|title=Kuopio-esittely - Kuopion kaupunki|date=7 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107212847/https://www.kuopio.fi/web/kaupunkitietoa/kuopio-esittely |access-date=30 June 2022|archive-date=7 January 2015 }}</ref> The terrain is also characterized by rich forests, and the clear center of the Kuopio's lund forest is mainly located in the area between Kuopio, [[Nilsiä]] and [[Siilinjärvi]].<ref>{{cite book | title= Pohjois-Savon metsä- ja ympäristökertomus 2007 | year= 2008| page= 9| publisher= Metsäkeskus| language= fi }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.savonsanomat.fi/mielipide/mielipidekirjoitukset/l%C3%A4hes-kaikki-kuopion-lehtotyypit-luokiteltiin-uhanalaisiksi/146257| title= Lähes kaikki Kuopion lehtotyypit luokiteltiin uhanalaisiksi| last= Ihantola| first= Anna-Riikka| work= Savon Sanomat| date= 15 June 2008| access-date= 17 January 2021| language= fi}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Of the Finnish municipalities, Kuopio has the second largest number of [[summer cottage]]s and [[holiday home]]s. In 2013, the number of summer cottages was 8,684. The number of summer homes in Kuopio has increased in recent years due to municipal associations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kuopio.fi/web/kaupunkitietoa/asuminen |title=Asuminen - Kuopion kaupunki |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=6 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106064344/https://www.kuopio.fi/web/kaupunkitietoa/asuminen |url-status=dead }}</ref> Due to the abundance of water bodies, Kuopio also has a remarkably favorable climate compared to the latitude. The annual sum of the effective temperature is about as high in Kuopio as in places further south than it, for example, [[Tampere]] and [[Lahti]].<ref>Spectrum tietokeskus (1978), p. 185 (in Finnish)</ref>
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The city of Kuopio has {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kuopio }}}} inhabitants, making it the {{ordinal|{{Data Finland municipality/population count sequence|Kuopio}}}} most populous municipality in Finland. The [[Kuopio sub-region|region of Kuopio]] is the 7th largest in Finland, after the regions of [[Helsinki metropolitan area|Helsinki]], [[Tampere metropolitan area|Tampere]], [[Turku metropolitan area|Turku]], [[Oulu sub-region|Oulu]], [[Jyväskylä sub-region|Jyväskylä]] and [[Lahti sub-region|Lahti]]. Kuopio is home to 2% of Finland's population. 5.8% of the population has a foreign background, which is below the national average.<ref name="
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Kuopio is the fourth largest monolingual [[Finnish language|Finnish-speaking]] municipality in Finland after Tampere, Oulu and Jyväskylä. The majority of the population - {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish|Kuopio}} }} people or {{Percentage|sigfig = 3|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish|Kuopio}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Kuopio}}}} - speak Finnish as their first language. In Kuopio, {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish|Kuopio}} }} people, or {{Percentage|sigfig = 1|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish|Kuopio}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Kuopio}}}} of the population, speak [[Swedish-speaking population of Finland|Swedish]].
At least 100 different languages are spoken in Kuopio. The most common foreign languages are [[Russian language|Russian]] (1.
=== Immigration ===
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The relative proportion of immigrants in Kuopio's population is below the national average. It is lower than in the major Finnish cities of [[Helsinki]], [[Espoo]], [[Tampere]], [[Vantaa]] or [[Turku]]. Nevertheless,
=== Religion ===
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[[File:Kuopio, Kuopio Cathedral.JPG|thumb|left|[[Kuopio Cathedral]]]]
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== Culture ==
[[File:Kuopion museo 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Kuopio Museum]] in a National Romantic style building]]
[[File:J.V. Snellmanin rintakuva.jpg|thumb|Bust of [[J. V. Snellman]]
Kuopio is known as the cultural center of Eastern Finland. One of Kuopio's most important cultural venues are the [[Kuopio Museum]], the [[Kuopio Art Museum]] and the [[Kuopio City Theatre]] in the city center. A wide range of musical (from kindergarten to doctorate-level studies) and dance education is available and the cultural life is active. Notable events include [[ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival]], Kuopio Dance Festival, [[Kuopio Rockcock]], Kuopio Wine Festival, Kuopio Marathon and Finland Ice Marathon in winter. A notable place, however, to enjoy the local flavor of Kuopio life and food is Sampo, a fish restaurant loved by locals and tourists as well.
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