Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etel盲-Savo region. The municipality has a population of 54 606, around 34 000 in the town itself and covers an area of 2548.46 square kilometres of which 424,7聽km2 is water.
Mikkeli was the site for the headquarters of the Finnish armed forces during World War II. In recognition of this, the town’s coat of arms incorporates a pair of crossed Marshal’s batons, and the town was awarded the Cross of Liberty, 4th class, to be displayed with the coat of arms.
Municipalities that surrounds Mikkeli are Hirvensalmi, Juva, Kangasniemi, M盲ntyharju, Pieksamaki, Puumala and Savitaipale .
The centre of Mikkeli is located on a low rise, near the shore of a bay of Lake Saimaa.[12] There are several small lakes in and around the town. The lakes of the eastern parts of the town belong to the water system of River Vuoksi. In the west the town reaches Lake Puula that belongs to the water system of River Kymijoki.
The mayor of Mikkeli is Timo Halonen and he was elected in spring 2015.
Mikkeli je finsko mesto v provinci Ju啪ni Savo na obali jezera Saimaa. Je glavno mesto vzhodne Finske regije. Ob膷ina pa premore 54.606 prebivalcev, samo mesto nudi dom okoli 34.000 prebivalcem in je 23. najve膷je mesto na Finskem. 聽Velikost ob膷ine je pokrito z povr拧ino 2,548.46 kvadratnih kilometrov, od tega 424,7 km聽2聽je vode. Mesto聽Mikkeli je zapisano tudi v zgodovino saj je med drugo svetovno vojno bil glavni sede啪 finskih oboro啪enih sil. Zato ima mestni grb par prekri啪anih palic mar拧ala in kri啪 svobode.
Mikkeli meji na sosednje ob膷ine Hirvensalmi, Juva, Kangasniemi, M盲ntyharju, Pieksamaki, Puumala in Savitaipale .
Sredi拧膷e Mikkeli se nahaja v ni啪inah, ob obali zaliva jezera聽Saimaa.聽Obstaja ve膷 manj拧ih jezer v in okoli mesta.聽Jezera v vzhodnih delih mesta pripadajo vodnemu sistemu聽reke Vuoksi聽.聽Na zahodu je mesto dose啪e jezero Puula, ki spada v vodni sistem聽reke Kymijoki聽.
Trenutni 啪upan mesta Mikkeli je Timo Halonen. Izvolili so ga spomladi 2015.
