Nurmes

Summary

Nurmes is a town^[1]. Nurmes ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nurmes is located in North Karelia^[3].
• Nurmes is in the country of Finland^[4].
• Nurmes's image is recorded as Nurmeksen rautatieasema.JPG^[5].
• Nurmes's image is recorded as Nurmes, Rukoushuone 02.jpg^[6].
• Nurmes's image is recorded as Nurmes Church 1.jpg^[7].
• Nurmes's instance of is recorded as town^[8].
• Nurmes's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland^[9].
• Nurmes's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Nurmes's official language is recorded as Finnish^[11].
• Nurmes's shares border with is recorded as Juuka^[12].
• Nurmes's shares border with is recorded as Kuhmo^[13].
• Nurmes's shares border with is recorded as Lieksa^[14].
• Nurmes's shares border with is recorded as Rautavaara^[15].
• Nurmes's shares border with is recorded as Sotkamo^[16].
• Nurmes's coat of arms image is recorded as Nurmes.vaakuna.svg^[17].
• Nurmes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Laholm Municipality^[18].
• Nurmes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ørsta Municipality^[19].
• Nurmes's twinned administrative body is recorded as Segezha^[20].
• Nurmes's legislative body is recorded as Nurmes City Council^[21].
• Nurmes's ISNI is recorded as 0000000474604114^[22].
• Nurmes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133707468^[23].
• Nurmes's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 233876053^[24].
• Nurmes's GND ID is recorded as 4536636-6^[25].
• Nurmes's coat of arms is recorded as Q11884933^[26].
• Nurmes's locator map image is recorded as Nurmes sijainti Suomi.svg^[27].

Body

Founding

+1810-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nurmes^[28].

Identity

Nurmes's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Nurmeksen kaupunki'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Nurmes include Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield^[30], an airstrip^[31], in Finland^[32].

Why It Matters

Nurmes ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2] Nurmes has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33]

Entities named for Nurmes include Lieksa-Nurmes Airfield^[30], an airstrip^[31], in Finland^[32].